0
What are the ideal properties of a radioactive isotope used as a medical tracer?
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Positron Emission, Metabolic Activity, Detection, "short" physical half-life
Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
When a radioactive tracer is used why is it best to use a radioactive isotope that decays into a stable isotope?
The principle behind the use of radioactive tracers is that an atom in a chemical compound is replaced by another atom, of the same chemical element. The substituting atom, however, is a radioactive isotope. This process is often called radioactive labeling.
What is a trackable isotope?
It is called a tracer
What kind of stuff is astatine used for?
It's being studied for potential use in nuclear medicine (the isotope astatine-211).
Which isotope can be used as a tracer to study the age of organic material?
Carbon-14
What body problem to find iodine 131 radio isotope is used as a tracer?
thyroid
Does carbon behave chemically the same even when radioactive?
yes it does. the chemical behavior of a radioactive isotope is essentially the same as that of the stable isotopes of an element. When you have the addition of a small quanity of radioactive isotope, it becomes a tracer, which traces molecular changes. (look up the Melvin Calvin experiment for more help)
What are some ways that technetium is used?
The isomer Tc-99m is largely used as tracer for radiodiagnostic.The isotope Tc-99 is used to make standardized beta emitter sources.Technetium has useful properties but it is difficult to be used in other fields of technology because is radioactive.
When a radioactive tracer is used why is it best to use a radioactive isotope that decays into a stable isotope?
The principle behind the use of radioactive tracers is that an atom in a chemical compound is replaced by another atom, of the same chemical element. The substituting atom, however, is a radioactive isotope. This process is often called radioactive labeling.
What is a trackable isotope?
It is called a tracer
What is a non medical tracer?
its a non medical tracer.
What kind of stuff is astatine used for?
It's being studied for potential use in nuclear medicine (the isotope astatine-211).
How does radioactive tracer get into the body?
They dissolve it in a liquid and the patient drinks it
Which isotope can be used as a tracer to study the age of organic material?
Carbon-14
What body problem to find iodine 131 radio isotope is used as a tracer?
thyroid
What isotope of polonium should be used for tracer experiment?
Polonium isotopes are not used as tracers.
What is a medical tracer?
cherelle is cool :)
Radioactive isotopes that can be followed through a chemical reaction or a industrial process is?
tracer
