Nuclear Chemistry Assignment (1 Viewer)

[Keech]

righto fellas. syllabus 12.4 f) assess the accuracy of scientific information presented in mass media by comparison with similar information presented in scientific journals'.

the actual task requires me to find part of a scientific journal with reference to radioisotopes in medicine and/or industry.

needless to say I'm struggling to find any!
been hunting around for a while now but cant find any, so if you know where i could find any/you've done the assessment could you lend me a hand??

Cheers

 

[timeflies]

Don't know if they're what you're looking for but:

http://weblogs.vpro.nl/argos/files/...for-medical-isotope-production-gpn-100330.pdf
http://www.launc.tased.edu.au/online/sciences/PhysSci/radres/isotMe.htm

 

[Keech]

Awesome stuff buddy, hopefully it'll get me through

 

[anomalousdecay]

http://www.ansto.gov.au/cs/groups/corporate/documents/webcontent/mdaw/mday/~edisp/acstest_040446.pdf

http://www.ansto.gov.au/NuclearFacts/AboutNuclearScience/Radioisotopes/index.htm

ANSTO is a very good resource in general for this.

The first link isn't as helpful, but the second one is much better.

 

[Keech]

have you got any disadvantages of using Tc-99 in medical instances? it doesn't seem to have a negative impact on the patient due to the short half life and weak gamma rays, maybe something to do with its production from Mo-99? not sure.

 

[timeflies]

Maybe check out this link, seems relevant: http://local.ans.org/trinity/files/parma091106.pdf

 

[anomalousdecay]

have you got any disadvantages of using Tc-99 in medical instances? it doesn't seem to have a negative impact on the patient due to the short half life and weak gamma rays, maybe something to do with its production from Mo-99? not sure.

Gamma ray emission is a negative as it can affect the surroundings, can affect the workers, etc. (its dangerous).