Potassium pertechnetate is a chemical compound of

technetium Technetium is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol Tc and atomic number 43. It is the lightest element whose isotopes are all radioactive. Technetium and promethium are the only radioactive elements whose neighbours in the sense ...

and

potassium Potassium is a chemical element; it has Symbol (chemistry), symbol K (from Neo-Latin ) and atomic number19. It is a silvery white metal that is soft enough to easily cut with a knife. Potassium metal reacts rapidly with atmospheric oxygen to ...

, with the chemical formula of KTcO₄.

Preparation

Potassium pertechnetate can be obtained by the neutralisation of

potassium hydroxide Potassium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula K OH, and is commonly called caustic potash. Along with sodium hydroxide (NaOH), KOH is a prototypical strong base. It has many industrial and niche applications, most of which utili ...

and

pertechnetic acid Pertechnetic acid (HTcO4) is a compound of technetium that is produced by reacting technetium(VII) oxide (Tc2O7) with water or reacting Tc metal or TcO2 with strong oxidizing acids, such as nitric acid, mixture of concentrated sulfuric acid wit ...

: :

Properties

The distance of the Tc–O bond in potassium pertechnetate is 173.9 pm and the angle of the O–Tc–O bond is 108.05° and 110.19°. The distance between the potassium and the oxygen is 289.36 pm and 286 pm. Potassium pertechnetate crystallizes in the

tetragonal crystal system In crystallography, the tetragonal crystal system is one of the 7 crystal systems. Tetragonal crystal lattices result from stretching a cubic lattice along one of its lattice vectors, so that the cube becomes a rectangular prism with a squa ...

with

space group In mathematics, physics and chemistry, a space group is the symmetry group of a repeating pattern in space, usually in three dimensions. The elements of a space group (its symmetry operations) are the rigid transformations of the pattern that ...

''I''4₁''/a'' (space group no. 88). The

lattice parameter A lattice constant or lattice parameter is one of the physical dimensions and angles that determine the geometry of the unit cells in a crystal lattice, and is proportional to the distance between atoms in the crystal. A simple cubic crystal has ...

s are a = 563.0 pm and c = 1286.7 pm.

Use

Potassium pertechnetate is used to prepare other radiopharmaceuticals.

References

{{Technetium compounds Potassium compounds Pertechnetates