Which radioactive isotope is used in biological dating

08-Apr-2020 13:22

These particles may be accompanied by the emission of energy in the form of electromagnetic radiation known as gamma rays. Radioactive products which are used in medicine are referred to as radiopharmaceuticals.This is a branch of medicine that uses radiation to provide information about the functioning of a person's specific organs or to treat disease.Many important properties of an isotope depend on its mass.

When a combination of neutrons and protons, which does not already exist in nature, is produced artificially, the atom will be unstable and is called a radioactive isotope or radioisotope.A bar of pure uranium, for instance, would consist entirely of atoms with atomic number 92.