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The isotope yttrium 90.
Strontium-90 (90Sr) is a radioactive isotope of strontium, with a half life of 28,79 years.
The uses of strontium arefireworks (red flame), flares90Sr is a radioactive isotope produced by nuclear fallout. 90Sr has the potential for use as lightweight nuclear producing electricityused to produce glass for colour television tubesrefining zincoptical materials
Strontium occurs naturally in the minerals celestite and strontianite. The 90Sr isotope is present in radioactive fallout and has a half-life of 28.90 years. Due to its extreme reactivity to air, this element occurs naturally only in compounds with other elements, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. Strontium is isolated as a yellowish metal and is somewhat malleable. Strontium is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red.
The isotope yttrium 90.
In saudi arabia 90SR
Mercury ------ Strontium (including the radioactive isotope 90Sr); also cadmium.
Since the atomic number of Sr is less than 90, Sr undergoes beta decay. Beta decay is when the element decays into another element and a neutron actually breaks apart (sort of) into an electron and proton; the proton attaches to the other element, but the electron stays alone. Thus: 90------>90 Y+e0-1 38 Sr--->39 Y+e *there should only be one e, and the 0 and -1 should be in front, just like with the elements, but the format deletes the extra spaces so i put it like that for clarity's sake. sorry!
The equation for the beta decay of 60Co is: 2760Co --> 2860Ni + -10e where the -10e is a negative beta particle or electron.
Strontium-90 (90Sr) is a radioactive isotope of strontium, with a half life of 28,79 years.
Strontium occurs naturally in the minerals celestite and strontianite. The 90Sr isotope is present in radioactive fallout and has a half-life of 28.90 years. Due to its extreme reactivity to air, this element occurs naturally only in compounds with other elements, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. Strontium is isolated as a yellowish metal and is somewhat malleable. Strontium is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red.
STRONTIUMStrontium (pronounced /ˈstrɒnʃiəm/ STRON-shee-əm, /ˈstrɒntiəm/ STRON-tee-əm, or /ˈstrɒnʃəm/ STRON-shəm) is a chemical element with the symbol Sr and the atomic number 38. An alkaline earth metal, strontium is a soft silver-white or yellowish metallic element that is highly reactive chemically. The metal turns yellow when exposed to air. It occurs naturally in the minerals celestine and strontianite. The 90Sr isotope is present in radioactive fallout and has a half-life of 28.90 years. Both strontium and strontianite are named after Strontian, a village in Scotland near which the mineral was first discovered.
The uses of strontium arefireworks (red flame), flares90Sr is a radioactive isotope produced by nuclear fallout. 90Sr has the potential for use as lightweight nuclear producing electricityused to produce glass for colour television tubesrefining zincoptical materials
Strontium occurs naturally in the minerals celestite and strontianite. The 90Sr isotope is present in radioactive fallout and has a half-life of 28.90 years. Due to its extreme reactivity to air, this element occurs naturally only in compounds with other elements, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. Strontium is isolated as a yellowish metal and is somewhat malleable. Strontium is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red.
Usually uranium enriched with the U-235 isotope, in the form of uranium dioxide. This is better than metallic uranium as it can stand higher temperature. Plutonium-239 can also be used if available, this has to be separated from spent uranium fuel by chemical means.