Iridium-192 (symbol 192Ir) is a radioactive isotope of iridium, with a half-life of 73.827 days. It decays by emitting beta (β) particles and gamma (γ)...

187Re Believed to undergo α decay to 189Re Iridium-192 (symbol 192Ir) is a radioactive isotope of iridium, with a half-life of 73.83 days. It decays by...

Iridium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ir and atomic number 77. A very hard, brittle, silvery-white transition metal of the platinum group, it is...

has media related to iridium. Isotopes of iridium Iridium-192, an isotope Iridium flare, a notable source of satellite glint Iridium anomaly, an unusual...

estimated dose of 40 rad (0.40 Gy). September 18, 1968 – F.R. Germany – An iridium-192 source was mishandled by workers, with one person placing the source...

contact with was iridium-192. Iridium-192 was what one would typically find inside a radiography machine. The NRC discovered that iridium-192 was stolen from...

radionuclides, such as cobalt-60 and iridium-192, are made by the neutron irradiation of normal non-radioactive cobalt and iridium metal in a nuclear reactor,...

pulmonary hemorrhaging caused by overexposure to radiation from a lost iridium-192 source. Other individuals also received significant overdoses of radiation...

important producer of radionuclides, such as molybdenum-99, lutetium-177 and iridium-192, in Europe and maintains and operates the Petten nuclear reactor. The...

Radiation Sources Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine p. 14. "Lost Iridium-192 Source". Retrieved 15 November 2014. The Radiological Accident in Goiania...

Morocco, eight fatalities from overexposure to radiation from a lost iridium-192 source. 1984: Fernald Feed Materials Production Center gained notoriety...

half-life of their decay. Common source radionuclides include cobalt-60, iridium-192, and strontium-90. The SI measurement quantity of source activity is...

lead (around 0.6 times the thickness for common gamma ray sources, i.e. Iridium-192 and Cobalt-60) and cheaper cost compared to tungsten. In a nuclear power...

half-value layers for a variety of materials against a source of gamma rays (Iridium-192): Concrete: 44.5 mm Steel: 12.7 mm Lead: 4.8 mm Tungsten: 3.3 mm Uranium:...

image quality in radiography. The isotopes 192 Ir and 60 Co are preferred for radiography, since iridium and cobalt are chemically non-reactive metals...

were discovered. After World War II new isotopes such as caesium-137, iridium-192 and cobalt-60 became available for industrial radiography, and the use...

image. For industrial radiography using gamma radiation sources such as iridium-192 or cobalt-60, a collimator (beam limiting device) allows the radiographer...

placed within the reactor. A typical product from a nuclear reactor is iridium-192. The elements that have a large propensity to take up the neutrons in...

and from nuclear power plants. Commercially, it produces cobalt-60, iridium-192, and carbon-14. The town's coat of arms depicts a flame-colored salamander...

used tracers include antimony-124, bromine-82, iodine-125, iodine-131, iridium-192, and scandium-46. A 2003 publication by the International Atomic Energy...

Iridium tetrabromide is a binary inorganic chemical compound of iridium and bromine with the chemical formula IrBr4. This is a salt of iridium metal and...

17 years 0.662 MeV Cobalt-60 (60Co) γ-ray 5.26 years 1.17, 1.33 MeV Iridium-192 (192Ir) β−-particles 73.8 days 0.38 MeV (mean) Iodine-125 (125I) γ-rays...

of 2003 the isotopes Antimony-124, argon-41, cobalt-60, iodine-131, iridium-192, lanthanum-140, manganese-56, scandium-46, sodium-24, silver-110m, technetium-99m...

tissue.13 Iridium-192 74 days Gamma rays The most common uses of Iridium-192 are: cervical cancer, head and neck cancer, and prostate cancer. Ir-192 can also...

extracted from reactor-grade plutonium. Tritium, polonium‑210, thulium-170, iridium-192, and uranium-233 were also produced. By 1963 the AEC had estimated that...

2008-06-03. Retrieved 2005-11-27. "Information Notice No. 85-57: Lost Iridium-192 Source Resulting in the Death of Eight Persons in M". Llumá, Diego (May–June...

commonly used include Antimony-124, Bromine-82, Iodine-125, Iodine-131, Iridium-192, and Scandium-46. A 2003 publication by the International Atomic Energy...

"Comparison of high–dose rate prostate brachytherapy dose distributions with iridium-192, ytterbium-169, and thulium-170 sources". Brachytherapy. 10 (6): 461–465...

replaced by radioactive tantalum and gold, before iridium rose in prominence.: Ch. 1  First used in 1958, iridium is the most commonly used artificial source...

will require thicker shielding than a 1 kilocurie (37 TBq) source of iridium-192 to give the same dose rate at the outer surface of the hot cell. Also...