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Abstract

Embodiments of a target support plate and a method for manufacturing targets used for low melting point materials, typically Gallium and Rubidium, with commercial cyclotrons including various embodiments of the targets are described. The target for low melting point materials includes a target support plate having a front face and a back face, the front face having formed therein a plurality of slots to contain a target material: the plurality of slots is arranged to be in a horizontal position, with a grazing angle of 5° to 15°, with respect to the irradiation proton beam for initiating a nuclear reaction; and may include a plurality of cooling channels formed on the back face of the target support plate to cool the target support plate during formation of a radioisotope from the formed low melting point material by a flow of a cooling fluid therein during irradiation of the target.

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