Separation of radioactive columbium

Claim 1

IN A PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF CARRIER-FREE RADIOACTIVE COLUMBIUM FROM A SOLUTION CONTAINING VALUES OF RADIOACTIVE COLUMBIUM AND RADIOACTIVE TELLURIUM, IN WHICH SAID VALUES ARE SEPARATED FROM SAID SOLUTION BY MEANS OF AN INSOLUBLE INORGANIC OXIDE CARRIER PRECIPITATE, THE STEPS WHICH COMPRISE FORMING AN AQUEOUS ACIDIC SOLUTION OF SAID OXIDE PRECIPITATE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLUMBIUM AND TELLURIUM VALUES, INTRODUCING INACTIVE TELLURIUM IN IONIC FORM INTO SAID SOLUTION, EFFECTING REDUCTION OF THE TELLURIUM IN THE RESULTING SOLUTION TO THE ELEMENTAL STATE, SEPARATING THE RESULTING INSOLUBLE ELEMENTAL TELLURIUM FROM THE SUPERNATANT SOLUTION, CONTACTING SAID SUPERNATANT SOLUTION WITH FINELY DIVIDED BASIC FERRIC ACETATE, SEPARATING THE BASIC FERRIC ACETATE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLUMBIUM VALUES FROM THE REMAINING SOLUTION, DISSOLVING THE SEPARATED BASIC FERRIC ACETATE AND ASSOCIATED COLUMBIUM VALUES TO FORM AN AQUEOUS ACIDIC SOLUTION, AND EXTRACTING THE FERRIC IONS FROM THE RESULTING SOLUTION BY MEANS OF AN ORGANIC SOLVENT.