Requirements:
Choose a radioisotope from the list or choose one of your own.
Using your textbook, the Internet, or any other relevant source, share five interesting pieces of information about your radioisotope. Suggestions for facts may include:
How is the radioisotope formed in nature?
What kind of decay does it undergo?
What is its half-life?
How is it used?
What risks are involved?
What other decay products are formed?
What is the history behind its discovery and use?
These are only suggestions. There are many other possibilities for interesting facts that you might want to share.
We have provided a list of common radioisotopes below. Choose one of these, or choose one of your own. Research this isotope, and share what you learn.
Molybdenum-99 (66 h)
Lutetium-177 (6.7 d)
Palladium-103 (17 d)
Phosphorus-32 (14 d)
Potassium-42 (12 h)
Rhenium-186 (3.8 d)
Rhenium-188 (17 h)
Samarium-153 (47 h)
Selenium-75 (120 d)
Sodium-24 (15 h)
Strontium-89 (50 d)
Strontium-92 (25 d)
Iron-59 (46 d)
Technetium-99m (6 h)
Bismuth-213 (46 min)
Chromium-51 (28 d)
Cobalt-60 (10.5 mth)
Copper-64 (13 h)
Dysprosium-165 (2 h)
Erbium-169 (9.4 d)
Holmium-166 (26 h)
Iodine-125 (60 d)
Iridium-192 (74 d)
Rubidium-82 (65 h)
Xenon-133 (5 d)
Ytterbium-169 (32 d)
Yttrium-90 (64 h)
Carbon-11 (20 m)
Nitrogen-13 (~10 m)
Oxygen-15 (~2 m)
Fluorine-18 (20 m)
Cobalt-57 (272 d)
Gallium-67 (78 h)
Indium-111 (2.8 d)
Iodine-123 (13 h)
Thallium-201 (73 h)