Isotope separation methods radioactive decay products

Nuclear reactions may lead to stable or unstable (radioactive) products. In general, (n, y), (n, p), and (d, p) reactions give radionuclides on the right-hand side of the line of p stability that exhibit decay, whereas (p, n), (d,2n), (n, 2n), (y, n), (d, n) and (p, y) reactions lead to radionuclides on the left-hand side of the line of p stability that exhibit p decay or electron capture (e). (n, y), (d, p), (n, 2n) and (y, n) reactions give isotopic nuclides, and these cannot be separated from the target nuclides by chemical methods, except for the application of the chemical effects of nuclear transformations which will be discussed in chapter 9. 

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