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46.95454

Ca Calcium
 Calcium 47
Radioactive calcium 47 has a half-life of 4.7 days and emits a high-energy gamma-ray of
1.3 Mev as well as a beta particle in its decay to scandium 47. Scandium 47 is also
radioactive with a half-life of 3.8 days and decays by the emission of a beta particle and
gamma photon to stable titanium 47. The physical characteristics of calcium 47 make it
attractive for clinical studies of calcium metabolism. It is produced by neutron irradiation
in a nuclear reactor of enriched calcium 46 in the form of calcium carbonate. The material
is available from the Abbott Laboratories in Oak Ridge, Tenn., on a monthly schedule.

Uses: Calcium-47 is used in medicine to investigate bone metabolism problems

or to diagnose calcium disorders. It is also used in the biomedical research of
animals to study the cellular body function and the formation of bones in
mammals.
Physical Characteristics:

Common Name: calcium-47 Molecular Formula: Ca

CAS Number: 14391-99-2 Melting Point: N/A
Molecular Weight: 46.95450 MSDS: N/A
Density: N/A Flash Point: N/A
Boiling Point: N/A

Discovery: Bauer and his associates (1) introduced calcium 47 as an agent for the
evaluation of bone metabolism. The radioactive calcium was found to be
selectively localized in areas of osteoblastic activities such as the epiphyses in
young persons, healing fractures, metastatic areas of carcinoma to the bone,
eosinophilic granulomas, osteomyelitis, chondromas, etc.

References:
https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/78.2.286
https://www.chemsrc.com/en/cas/14391-99-2_780456.html