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Nearly 100% of all strontium found in nature is not radioactive. There are traces of radioactive strontium-90 found in nature, but only traces. Like all elements, strontium has radioactive synthetic isotopes.
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A radioactive isotope of strontium Sr is especially dangerous to humans because it tends to accumulate in bone marrow tissues how does this relate to the organization of the periodic table?
Strontium doesn't accumulate in the bone MARROW; it accumulates in the bones themselves. Bones are primarily calcium, and strontium is in the same column of the periodic table. Since it's in the same column, it reacts in similar ways. So if you ingest radioactive strontium (strontium-90, a radioactive isotope, is a common fission fragment) then the strontium may be taken up in place of calcium and incorporated into your bones. Radioactive bone strontium can kill off the bone marrow, which generates blood cells. This can lead to leukemia and anemia, among other blood diseases.
What is the half-life strontium 90?
Strontium-90 (90Sr) is a radioactive isotope of strontium, with a half life of 28,79 years.
What is it made out of strontium?
Strontium-90 which is a highly dangerous radioactive component of nuclear fallout from above ground testing of nuclear weapons. This spreads throughout the environment to contaminate dairy, beef, pork, basically all products of the soil. Grass to the cow to the milk to the table to your bones and organs, you get the idea. However, stable strontium (non-radioactive) is non-toxic. It seems to be, so far in testing, the most effective substance yet found for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis as well as other bone conditions.
How is a strontium atom different from a strontium ion?
An isotope has extra or fewer neutrons in the nucleus than the average number for that element. This may or may not result in a radioactive isotope. An ion has extra or fewer electrons orbiting the nucleus. This usually increases the chemical reactivity.
What minerals turn fireworks lavender?
Strontium Nitrate- do not confuse with radioactive Strontium-90. The former substance was used in Distress flares which were known to have been in the households of the Romanovs. These give off a dense Lavender or purplish light and smoke screen as well. I am surprised but this is a historical topic- what with the interest in Anastasia.
Which type of cancer does radioactive Strontium-90 cause?
skin cancer
A radioactive isotope of strontium Sr is especially dangerous to humans because it tends to accumulate in bone marrow tissues how does this relate to the organization of the periodic table?
Strontium doesn't accumulate in the bone MARROW; it accumulates in the bones themselves. Bones are primarily calcium, and strontium is in the same column of the periodic table. Since it's in the same column, it reacts in similar ways. So if you ingest radioactive strontium (strontium-90, a radioactive isotope, is a common fission fragment) then the strontium may be taken up in place of calcium and incorporated into your bones. Radioactive bone strontium can kill off the bone marrow, which generates blood cells. This can lead to leukemia and anemia, among other blood diseases.
What is the half-life strontium 90?
Strontium-90 (90Sr) is a radioactive isotope of strontium, with a half life of 28,79 years.
What has the author Charles Pecher written?
Charles Pecher has written: 'Biological investigations with radioactive calcium and strontium' -- subject(s): Isotopes, Strontium, Radioactivity, Cancer, Calcium, Bones
What is it made out of strontium?
Strontium-90 which is a highly dangerous radioactive component of nuclear fallout from above ground testing of nuclear weapons. This spreads throughout the environment to contaminate dairy, beef, pork, basically all products of the soil. Grass to the cow to the milk to the table to your bones and organs, you get the idea. However, stable strontium (non-radioactive) is non-toxic. It seems to be, so far in testing, the most effective substance yet found for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis as well as other bone conditions.
What other salts and heavy metals can also be stored in bones?
Mercury ------ Strontium (including the radioactive isotope 90Sr); also cadmium.
What is strontium in?
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.
What has the author Edythalena Tompkins written?
Edythalena Tompkins has written: 'Evaluation of a possible causal relationship between fallout deposition of strontium 90 and infant and fetal mortality trends' -- subject(s): Infants, Mortality, Physiological effect, Radioactive fallout, Strontium
Why is radioactive Strontium Ninety very dangerous to your health?
Strontium 90 is beta active with a half life of 28 years. It tends to be absorbed in the body's bones and therefore it can give a continued dose for years which can affect the bone marrow. See link to Wikipedia
What has the author Veluppillai Elaguppillai written?
Veluppillai Elaguppillai has written: 'The investigation of Ca-Sr metabolism using radioactive tracer techniques' -- subject(s): Radioactive tracers in physiology, Strontium metabolism, Physics Theses, Calcium, Metabolism, Bone
What are the names of the element calcium's family members?
Calcium is a member of group 2, whose elements are beryllium, magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and the radioactive radium.
What is more radioactive than pure uranium?
Many radioactive isotopes are more radioactive than the naturally occurring uranium isotopes:All fission product isotopes are more radioactive (e.g. iodine-131, strontium-90)Most radioactive isotopes in the uranium --> lead decay chain are more radioactive (e.g. radium, radon, polonium)Plutonium is more radioactiveTritium is more radioactiveCarbon-14 is more radioactiveArtificially produced uranium isotopes are more radioactive (e.g. uranium-233, uranium-236)etc.
