Phosphorus-32 (32P) is a radioactive isotope of phosphorus. The nucleus of phosphorus-32 contains 15 protons and 17 neutrons, one more neutron than the...
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Although phosphorus (15P) has 22 isotopes from 26P to 47P, only 31P is stable; as such, phosphorus is considered a monoisotopic element. The longest-lived...
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Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15. Elemental phosphorus exists in two major forms, white phosphorus and red phosphorus...
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White phosphorus munitions are weapons that use one of the common allotropes of the chemical element phosphorus. White phosphorus is used in smoke, illumination...
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Radiopharmaceutical (section Phosphorus-32)
Radiopharmaceuticals, or medicinal radiocompounds, are a group of pharmaceutical drugs containing radioactive isotopes. Radiopharmaceuticals can be used...
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after decay. Phosphorus-32 is a beta emitter widely used in medicine. It has a short half-life of 14.29 days and decays into sulfur-32 by beta decay...
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Radioactivity in the life sciences (section Phosphorus)
energetic than phosphorus-32 and does not require protection with plexiglass. A disadvantage is its higher cost compared to phosphorus-32, as most of the...
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Common beta emitters (section Phosphorus)
be used in DNA research. Phosphorus-32 can be made by the neutron irradiation (np reaction) of sulfur-32 or from phosphorus-31 by neutron capture. Nickel-63...
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about 30% for tritium (a low-energy beta emitter) to nearly 100% for phosphorus-32, a high-energy beta emitter. Some chemical compounds (notably chlorine...
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elements, tritium and isotopes of aluminium, carbon (carbon-14), phosphorus (phosphorus-32), chlorine, iodine and neon are formed within Solar System materials...
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minerals (table). Highest nutrient contents include manganese (143% DV), phosphorus (57% DV), and niacin (46% DV). Spelt contains about 70% total carbohydrates...
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allotropes are also known. Gaseous phosphorus exists as diphosphorus and atomic phosphorus. White phosphorus, yellow phosphorus or simply tetraphosphorus (P4)...
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John used phosphorus-32 created in the 37-inch cyclotron in 1938 in tests on mice with leukemia. He found that the radioactive phosphorus concentrated...
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cosmogenic nuclides. Some of these radionuclides are tritium, carbon-14 and phosphorus-32. Certain light (low atomic number) primordial nuclides (isotopes of...
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officers, activation of sodium in the human body to sodium-24, and phosphorus to phosphorus-32, can give a good immediate estimate of acute accidental neutron...
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anguish. Bobby works against the clock to get the radioactive phosphorus medication (Phosphorus-32) in time to prevent his loved one from having an acute relapse...
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amounts and low concentrations of biomolecules. Radioactive atoms such as phosphorus-32 are readily introduced into biomolecules by enzymatic and synthetic...
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observed and analyzed separately. Since phosphorus is contained in DNA but not amino acids, radioactive phosphorus-32 was used to label the DNA contained...
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o-Toluidine Vinyl chloride Ionizing radiation (all types) Neutron radiation Phosphorus-32, as phosphate Plutonium Radioiodines, including iodine-131 Nuclear fission...
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chemical formula. For example, the phosphate ion containing radioactive phosphorus-32 is [32PO4]3−. Also a study involving stable isotope ratios might include...
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application in patients of an artificial radionuclide when he used phosphorus-32 to treat leukemia. Many historians consider the discovery of artificially...
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Carbon-14 Fluorine-18 Sodium-22 Sodium-24 Magnesium-28 Silicon-31 Silicon-32 Phosphorus-32 Sulfur-35 Sulfur-38 Chlorine-34m Chlorine-36 Chlorine-38 Chlorine-39...
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metabolism were carried out by George de Hevesy in the 1930s, using phosphorus-32 and by Charles Pecher in the 1940s. In the 1950s and 1960s calcium-45...
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biochemistry, a nucleotide that is radiolabeled with a radionuclide such as phosphorus-32 When used in clinical medical literature, usually an error for the intended...
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damage to dermis, while cobalt-60 (310 keV), caesium-137 (550 keV), phosphorus-32 (1.71 MeV), strontium-90 (650 keV) and its daughter product yttrium-90...
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radioisotopes to hospitals and universities, primarily iodine-131 and phosphorus-32 for cancer diagnosis and treatment. Isotopes were also used in biological...
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Phosphorus tribromide is a colourless liquid with the formula PBr3. The liquid fumes in moist air due to hydrolysis and has a penetrating odour. It is...
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isotope half-life days 106 seconds phosphorus-32 14.29 1.235 radium-225 14.9 1.29 bismuth-205 15.31 1.323 vanadium-48 15.9735 1.38011 protactinium-230...
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simultaneously. For example, sulfur-32 (32S) undergoes an (n,p) nuclear reaction when bombarded with neutrons, thus forming phosphorus-32 (32P). The nuclide nitrogen-14...
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