Radioactive or not, pure cobalt is a gray metal.
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all cobalt (+ 2) salts are red but with sulphate cobalt shows pinkish red colour.....
When radioactive pellets are implanted directly into the tumor
Cobalt (II) chloride dihydrated (purple colour) and with more water Cobalt (II) chloride hexahydrated (pink colour) .
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The removal of cobalt can cost from a little to a lot, depending on what it is to be removed from and in what form it is present. A small block of it sitting on a table can be picked up and carried away. Powdered cobalt scattered in a deep-pile rug can present other problems. And this is non-radioactive cobalt. If the cobalt that needs to be removed is radioactive, there are a ton of complicated proceedures to do that. Sometimes things contaminated with radioactive material cannot be recovered and must be disposed of whole in a radioactive waste disposal site. Links are provided.
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No. Gamma rays will not make materials radioactive.
Answeriron is a metal and so is generally chemically stable but can react with water and switch with hydrogen (review activity series of chemical reactions) to create iron oxide (rust).iron nuclei are very stable. Because of this, the iron content of the earth and the other planets will continue to increase over time. All nuclei are radioactive over a long enough timeline, as all nuclei have a chance of breaking down at any time. Iron is among the least radioactive of the elements.AnswerThere are four naturally occurring isotopes of iron, 54Fe, which is radioactive and accounts for 5.8% of naturally occurring iron, and 56Fe, 57Fe, and 58Fe.In addition, there are 27 synthetic radioactive isotopes of iron, three of which have alternate isomers.
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