Industrial and Medical Radioisotopes

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Identify one use of a named radioisotope:

in industry
in medicine

Describe the way in which the above named industrial and medical radioisotopes are used and explain their use in terms of their chemical properties[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]

Radioisotope	Cobalt-60	Sodium-24
Field	Medicine	Industry
Decays to	Nickel-60	Magnesium-24
Radiation produced	Beta and gamma	Beta and gamma
Production	Neutron bombardment of cobalt-59	Neutron bombardment of sodium
Use	Treatment of cancer produces gamma rays, which can be used to treat cancer by irradiating the affected areas of the body Kills cancer cells along with other cells	Detection of leaks in pipes Can be added to the liquid (water or oil) in a pipe and then be tested for along the pipe No radiation will be detected from inside the pipe If it leaks into the soil surrounding the pipe, it can be detected and the leak located
Suitability of half-life	Has a suitable half-life for the process, being long enough to have a reasonable lifetime in the equipment (about 5 years), but short enough to emit a reasonable intensity of radiation	Has a half-life of 15 hours, which means that the liquid quickly becomes safe to use again and the environment is quickly decontaminated

Comparison of cobalt-60 and sodium-24 and their uses[/cs_text][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][x_video_embed no_container=”false” type=”16:9″][/x_video_embed][/cs_column][/cs_row][/cs_section][/cs_content]