What radioisotopes are you doing? (1 Viewer)

[bloodysunday]

I'm doing technetium-99 for the medical isotope if it comes up. Its the one they use as a tracer in the bloodstream - it bonds to the blood cells in the presence of a tin compound so they can detect clots and tumors etc

 

[Doogsy]

yep that (its actually technetium-99m) and cobalt 60 for industry
do we need one for agriculture or is that just for phsyics?

 

[bloodysunday]

what does the m stand for?

 

[DAAVE]

1 For medicine 1 for industry

I'm doing Tc-99m (the m is important, without it, normal Tc-99 has a very long half life, it means something like meta-stable state or something).

And sodium-24 which is chemically bonded to Chloride and this salt is dissolved in water and used in pipes to detect leaks. Low half life ensures that the water is safe in a short time.

 

[DAAVE]

You could also do cobalt 60 for medicine and industry

In medicine it is used for cancer treatment, in industry its used for thickness detection.

 

[Doogsy]

yeah it is good, i think you can also use Tc-99m for industry, though im not entirely sure where. leaks in pipe systems maybe

 

[euphoric]

im using sodium-24 for medicine and industry

 

[CM_Tutor]

I don't know of any industrial use of Tc-99m - it is really too expensive to use for something like leak detectors.

 

[Xayma]

It is used to trace waste water flow, which would only be needed to be conducted under rare circumstances, I used it for both. Since it is non-toxic, bonds readily and is a γ emitter.

 

[Paroissien]

That's good to know as I was starting to get worried about an industrial radioisotope

 

[bloodysunday]

awsome. im using that one for sure.

 

[aim54x]

sounds like TC-99m and Cobalt-60 r d ones to use.

trival Q: can we use U-235 for industry under the context of electricity production

 

[Xayma]

It is fissionable.

Its radioisotope properties aren't really used.

 

[aim54x]

ok. just wonderin.

thx, would rep u but i can't.

Milestone post No. 200

 

[bloodysunday]

and if you really want to nit-pick, you could say that u-235 isnt an industrial isotope, it's used for utilities (ie power stations)