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A search for tungsten radio-isotopes was made using a 5-mil tantalum foil which had received 80 micro-ampere-hours bombardment with approximately 20 MeV. deuterons from the 60-in. Crocker Laboratory cyclotron. The foil was dissolved in nitric acid containing five per cent of hydrofluoric acid. A few milligrams of tungsten carrier was added, and after removal of hydrofluoric acid by fuming with sulphuric acid, the tantalum was precipitated by sodium hydroxide and the precipitate digested with hot alkali. Tungsten was precipitated from the alkaline solution by boiling with excess nitric acid. The procedure was repeated until the tantalum-scavenging carrier precipitates were inactive.
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WILKINSON, G. A New Isotope of Tungsten. Nature 160, 864–865 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160864b0
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