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Session I205 Radionuclides
Session I205 Radionuclides
Nuclear stability
Unstable nuclei
Radionuclides
Ernest O. Rutherford
postulated atomic nucleus
in 1911
J. J. Thomson,
discovered electron
in 1897
James Chadwick,
Discovered neutron
in 1932
N>Z
plants
192
Ir used in radiography
99m
Tc used in nuclear medicine
I used in treatment of thyroid
131
conditions
3/2003 Rev 1 I.2.5 – slide 19 of 21
Summary