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I 60 d Medically used material
Used in a medical procedure for detecting
hormone levels in the blood. Used for can-
cer treatment of the brain and prostate. It
is also used to diagnose deep vein, blood
clots in the leg, and certain kinds of kid-
ney maladies.
131
I 8 d Medically used material
Used for therapy such as in imaging the
thyroid and treating its related cancers.
Also used to diagnose abnormal liver func-
tion, kidney blood flow and urinary tract
obstruction.
Iridium
192
Ir 74 d Industrially used material
Temporarily implanted in wire form for
use as an internal radiotherapy source in
cancer treatment. Also used to test the
integrity of pipeline welds, boilers and
aircraft parts.
Manganese
54
Mn 312 d Industrially used material
Used to study and predict the behavior of
heavy metal pollutants within the outflow
of waste water from mining operations.
Molybdenum
99
Mo 2 d 18 h Industrially used material
Used for generating
99m
Tc.
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