Nuclide Library
Name /
Shortname
Half-Life Usage / Remarks
Samarium
47 h
Industrially used material
Pharmaceutically marketed as “Quadramet”, it is used for relieving pain
caused by secondary cancers within the bone. Also used for treating
prostate and breast cancer.
Selenium
120 d
Industrially used material
In the form of seleno-methionine this nuclide is used to investigate
enzyme production in the digestive tract.
Silver
249 d 19 h
Industrially used material
Used as a radiotracer for biological and industrial research.
Sodium
2.6 a
Industrially used material
Used to study the sodium-potassium exchange-dynamic of nerve
axons within the nervous systems of living organisms. Also used to loc-
ate leaks in industrial pipe lines and in oil well studies.
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