gas
23He
Helium-3 — purification from ⁴He
removal of helium-4 from ³He
Searches for neutrinoless double beta decay, solar neutrino detection and superheavy element synthesis require kilograms to tonnes of isotopically enriched materials with high chemical and radiopurity.
| Isotope | Element | Enrichment, at.% | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⁷⁶Ge | Germanium | 94.60 | searches for neutrinoless double beta decay (GERDA, MAJORANA, LEGEND detectors) |
| ⁸²Se | Selenium | 84.60 | double beta decay searches (NEMO-3, SuperNEMO, CUPID-0), tracer |
| ¹⁰⁰Mo | Molybdenum | 94.30 | direct cyclotron production of technetium-99m and accelerator production of molybdenum-99; double beta decay searches (CUPID-Mo, AMoRE) |
| ¹³⁰Te | Tellurium | 99.80 | target for iodine-131 production (thyroid therapy); double beta decay searches (CUORE, SNO+) |
| ¹¹⁶Cd | Cadmium | 94.80 | double beta decay searches |
| ¹⁵⁰Nd | Neodymium | 98.40 | double beta decay searches, isotope dilution (spikes) |
| ⁹⁶Zr | Zirconium | 87.00 | double beta decay searches |
| ¹²⁴Sn | Tin | 95.90 | double beta decay searches |
| ⁴⁸Ca | Calcium | 97.60 | beam for the synthesis of superheavy elements (elements 114–118), double beta decay searches |
| ⁷¹Ga | Gallium | 99.90 | solar neutrino detectors (gallium–germanium method), NMR |
| ⁵⁰Cr | Chromium | 97.90 | target for chromium-51 production (red blood cell labelling, calibration sources for neutrino detectors) |
| ⁵⁰Ti | Titanium | 97.90 | beam for superheavy element synthesis |
| ⁷⁰Zn | Zinc | 74.60 | beam for superheavy element synthesis (copernicium), target for copper-67, tracer |
| ²⁰⁸Pb | Lead | 99.70 | target for superheavy element synthesis (cold fusion), research on coolants for fast reactors |
| ¹³⁰Ba | Barium | 60.70 | target for caesium-131 production (brachytherapy), double electron capture research |
| ¹³⁶Ce | Cerium | 60.60 | double electron capture research |
| ¹⁸⁰Ta | Tantalum | 0.36 | the rarest naturally occurring isotope (¹⁸⁰ᵐTa isomer): fundamental nuclear physics |
| ¹⁷⁸Hf | Hafnium | 96.80 | nuclear physics (¹⁷⁸ᵐ²Hf isomer), research |
| ⁴⁰K | Potassium | 8.90 | primordial long-lived radionuclide (T½ ≈ 1.25 billion years): potassium–argon dating, calibration, research |
Reference information on typical applications. Enrichment is given according to the producer’s specification. Please confirm the suitability of the isotope for your task (enrichment, chemical form, quantity) in your request. Export of isotope products is subject to export control requirements.