radioisotope
Decaying atomic variant
A radioisotope is an unstable form of a chemical element that emits radiation as it decays.
Radioisotopes occur naturally or are produced artificially for use in medicine, research, and industry: The scan uses a radioisotope to track blood flow.
Carbon-14 dating relies on the predictable decay of that radioisotope in organic material.
Metastable medical radioisotope
- iodine-131Radioactive halogen isotope
- PETNuclear medicine imaging
- SPECTGamma-emitting radiotracer imaging method
- tracerPath-marking projectile
diagnosis · therapy · oncology · thyroid · imaging · molecular · diagnostic · radiolabeling
Radioactive isotope for dating
- potassium-argonIsotopic age-determination technique
- uranium-leadIsotopic age-determination method
- radiocarbonDecaying carbon isotope
- half-lifePeriod for fifty-percent reduction
geochronology · archaeology · paleontology · fossils · stratigraphy · calibration · chronometry · sample
Period for fifty-percent reduction
- alphaFirst Greek letter
- betaGreek alphabet's second letter
- gammaGreek alphabet's third
- unstableProne to sudden change
stable · daughter · parent · transmutation · neutron · positron · electron · antineutrino
Spiral-path particle accelerator
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- targetObject of pursuit
- separationState of being apart
- purificationRemoval of contaminants
Fissile nuclear isotope
- plutonium-239Fissile actinide isotope
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- neutronUncharged nuclear particle
enrichment · breeder · moderator · coolant · reprocessing · proliferation · fallout · centrifuge
technetium-99m
Metastable medical radioisotope
- iodine-131Radioactive halogen isotope
- PETNuclear medicine imaging
- SPECTGamma-emitting radiotracer imaging method
tracer · diagnosis · therapy · oncology · thyroid · imaging · molecular · diagnostic · radiolabeling · brachytherapy
carbon-14
Radioactive isotope for dating
- potassium-argonIsotopic age-determination technique
- uranium-leadIsotopic age-determination method
- radiocarbonDecaying carbon isotope
half-life · geochronology · archaeology · paleontology · fossils · stratigraphy · calibration · chronometry · sample · artifact
half-life
Period for fifty-percent reduction
unstable · stable · daughter · parent · transmutation · neutron · positron · electron · antineutrino · ionizing
cyclotron
Spiral-path particle accelerator
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
- targetObject of pursuit
- separationState of being apart
purification · generator · transmutation · radiochemistry · shielding
uranium-235
Fissile nuclear isotope
- plutonium-239Fissile actinide isotope
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
- reactorControlled fission apparatus
neutron · enrichment · breeder · moderator · coolant · reprocessing · proliferation · fallout · centrifuge · yellowcake
strontium-90
Radioactive isotope from fission
- thermoelectricHeat-to-electricity converting
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- VoyagerNASA interstellar mission name
Pioneer · Cassini · Curiosity · generator · heat · watt · longevity · remote · battery · conversion
- Nuclearnuclear reactor, atomic bomb, nuclear energy, atomic bombs, uranium
- nuclear physicsnuclear energy, fission, nuclear fission, neutron, proton
- isotope methodsradiotracers, carbon-14, tritium, radiocarbon, radiochemistry
- Isotope Tracerstracer, tritium, deuterium, carbon-14, carbon-13
- Isotopescarbon-12, carbon-13, carbon-14, hydrogen-1, helium-3
- radiation