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Only fissile isotopes of certain elements have the potential for use in nuclear weapons. For such use, the concentration of fissile isotopes uranium-235 and plutonium-239 in the element used must be sufficiently high. Uranium from natural sources is enriched by isotope separation, and plutonium is produced in a suitable nuclear reactor.
89 Sr is an artificial radioisotope used in the treatment of osseous (bony) metastases of bone cancer. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In circumstances where cancer patients have widespread and painful bony metastases, the administration of 89 Sr results in the delivery of beta particles directly to the area of bony problem, where calcium turnover is greatest. [ 10 ]
Scandium-44 (44 Sc) is a radioactive isotope of scandium that decays by positron emission to stable 44 Ca with a half-life of 4.042 hours.. 44 Sc can be obtained as a daughter radionuclide of long-lived 44 Ti (t 1/2 60.4 a) from 44 Ti / 44 Sc generator or can be produced by nuclear reaction 44 Ca ( p, n) 44 Sc in small cyclotrons.
WSMV-TV (channel 4) is a television station in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Media alongside low-power Telemundo affiliate WTNX-LD (channel 29). The two stations share studios on Knob Road in west Nashville, where WSMV-TV's transmitter is also located.
Americium-241 (241 Am, Am-241) is an isotope of americium.Like all isotopes of americium, it is radioactive, with a half-life of 432.2 years. 241 Am is the most common isotope of americium as well as the most prevalent isotope of americium in nuclear waste.
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The term isotopes (originally also isotopic elements, [4] now sometimes isotopic nuclides [5]) is intended to imply comparison (like synonyms or isomers). For example, the nuclides 12 6 C, 13 6 C, 14 6 C are isotopes (nuclides with the same atomic number but different mass numbers [6]), but 40 18 Ar, 40 19 K, 40 20 Ca are isobars (nuclides with ...
Isotope separation is the process of concentrating specific isotopes of a chemical element by removing other isotopes. The use of the nuclides produced is varied. The largest variety is used in research (e.g. in chemistry where atoms of "marker" nuclide are used to figure out reaction mechanisms).