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Arsenic's isotopes are helpful because they fight off cancer.
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How is a radioactive isotope helpful in medicine?
In medicine isotopes are used for treatments, diagnostics or as tracers.
What is arsenics mass number?
Arsenic is a non metal element. Atomic mass of it is 75.
What is arsenics color?
Arsenic is metallic gray. Use the link below for more information on this metalloid.
How many of arsenics orbitals are associated with the atom's n equals 4 principal energy level?
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Three examples of helpful isotopes explaining each?
Cobalt-60: treatment of cancersUranium-235: fuel for nuclear reactors or explosivePlutonium-238: source of energy
What is arsenics family name?
metalloids , substances that look like a metal and behave like a metal but really isn't hope i helped
Atoms of same chemical element that have different atomic mass are known as?
Isotopes. They differ in the number of neutrons in the nucleus.
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.
What is the isotopes in nobeluim?
The answer for isotopes is 259
Is neodymium radioactive?
Neodymium is radioactive, though for most practical purposes it can be regarded as stable. 30.4% of neodymium is of two radioactive isotopes, but their half lives are very long, the shorter being 2,290,000,000,000,000 years. Like all other elements, neodymium has synthetic radioactive isotopes.
Are most of the periodic table isotopes?
No most of them are not isotopes. Few elements exist as isotopes.
What are some of the roles of isotopes?
- Isotopes are used as sources of radiation in medicine, sterilization, nondestructive control, etc.- Isotopes can be used as tracers- Isotopes can be used as energy source- Isotopes are used for radioactive dating- Isotopes are used in chemical analysis- Isotopes are used in many instruments- Isotopes are used as source of nuclear energy in bombs and nuclear reactorsetc.
