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What are two radioactive isotopes that are used to irradiate food?
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∙ 14y ago
Name two radioactive isotopes that are used to irradiate food.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoCobalt 60 is one which is probably the most commonly used.
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Is radioactive isotopes used to treat cancer.?
Yes, radioactive isotopes are largely used for the treatment of cancer.
What are Radioactive isotopes used for?
Some examples are deuterium and tritium which are radioactive isotopes of hydrogen.
How can radioactive isotopes be used as tracers?
radioactive isotopes are used to detect medical problems and to treat some diseases.
How are isotopes used to keep food from spoiling?
Typically, dehydration and irradiation. The causes of most food spoilage is the growth of bacteria in the moist environment of the food. Irradiation can kill all the bacteria, so as long as the package is sealed, no bacteria can grow there. And dehydration removes most of the water from the food so that it takes up less space and weight, and stays edible for longer times.
Is Zirconium not radioactive?
Zirconium does have radioactive isotopes, but the main ones used in industry are not radioactive.
How are radioactive isotopes different from isotopes?
Both isotopes and radioactive isotopes are pretty much the same but radioactive isotopes are better because it can be used to make medicine.
Is radioactive isotopes used to treat cancer.?
Yes, radioactive isotopes are largely used for the treatment of cancer.
What are Radioactive isotopes used for?
Some examples are deuterium and tritium which are radioactive isotopes of hydrogen.
How can radioactive isotopes be used as tracers?
radioactive isotopes are used to detect medical problems and to treat some diseases.
How are isotopes used to keep food from spoiling?
Typically, dehydration and irradiation. The causes of most food spoilage is the growth of bacteria in the moist environment of the food. Irradiation can kill all the bacteria, so as long as the package is sealed, no bacteria can grow there. And dehydration removes most of the water from the food so that it takes up less space and weight, and stays edible for longer times.
Is Zirconium not radioactive?
Zirconium does have radioactive isotopes, but the main ones used in industry are not radioactive.
Used to label DNA and protein in experiments?
radioactive isotope
What is special about radioactive isotopes?
Radioactive isotopes are a subset of isotopes. If we look at all isotopes, some of them are radioactive. That means that they have unstable nuclei, and they will decay spontaneously sooner or later.
Are Radioactive isotopes are used to treat cancer.?
Yes
Radioactive isotopes are used to treat cancer.?
Yes
State an industrial use of a radioactive isotope?
Radioactive isotopes are used to test wear and tear inside a car engine.Radioactive isotopes are used in detecting and preventing the corrosion of metals.
How are radioactive isotopes help full?
Radioactive isotopes are used in medicine (treatment or diagnostic), as tracers in hydrogeology, physiology, sources of energy, standards for radiation, sterilization, radioactive dating, etc.
