Radionuclide (redirect from Radioisotope) A radionuclide (radioactive nuclide, radioisotope or radioactive isotope) is a nuclide that has excess numbers of either neutrons or protons, giving it... 31 KB (2,651 words) - 23:54, 22 April 2024 |
A radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG, RITEG), sometimes referred to as a radioisotope power system (RPS), is a type of nuclear battery that uses... 64 KB (6,999 words) - 12:35, 17 March 2024 |
Atomic battery (redirect from Radioisotope battery) An atomic battery, nuclear battery, radioisotope battery or radioisotope generator is a device which uses energy from the decay of a radioactive isotope... 25 KB (2,726 words) - 14:50, 23 January 2024 |
A trace radioisotope is a radioisotope that occurs naturally in trace amounts (i.e. extremely small). Generally speaking, trace radioisotopes have half-lives... 4 KB (303 words) - 02:17, 17 November 2023 |
The multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MMRTG) is a type of radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) developed for NASA space missions... 11 KB (1,166 words) - 14:36, 1 March 2024 |
A radioisotope rocket or radioisotope thermal rocket is a type of thermal rocket engine that uses the heat generated by the decay of radioactive elements... 5 KB (651 words) - 01:04, 23 April 2024 |
Radioactive tracer (redirect from Radioisotope (biology)) contexts, experiments that use radioisotope tracers are sometimes called radioisotope feeding experiments. Radioisotopes of hydrogen, carbon, phosphorus... 19 KB (2,378 words) - 09:49, 2 April 2024 |
Radioisotope renography is a form of medical imaging of the kidneys that uses radiolabelling. A renogram, which may also be known as a MAG3 scan, allows... 15 KB (1,681 words) - 13:33, 5 March 2024 |
A Stirling radioisotope generator (SRG) is a type of radioisotope generator based on a Stirling engine powered by a large radioisotope heater unit. The... 8 KB (872 words) - 16:34, 30 July 2023 |
Radiometric dating (redirect from Radioisotope dating) Radiometric dating, radioactive dating or radioisotope dating is a technique which is used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, in which trace radioactive... 44 KB (5,517 words) - 02:21, 14 March 2024 |
Nuclear power in space (section Radioisotope systems) observation, as in a Mössbauer spectrometer. The most common type is a radioisotope thermoelectric generator, which has been used on many space probes and... 31 KB (3,499 words) - 01:08, 23 April 2024 |
A synthetic radioisotope is a radionuclide that is not found in nature: no natural process or mechanism exists which produces it, or it is so unstable... 7 KB (742 words) - 20:22, 15 April 2024 |
DOE-designed radioactive heat source for radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG) or Stirling radioisotope generators (SRG). It is meant for space... 3 KB (286 words) - 23:08, 18 October 2023 |
Positron emission tomography (redirect from Radioisotope scan) scintillography technique used in nuclear medicine. A radiopharmaceutical – a radioisotope attached to a drug – is injected into the body as a tracer. When the... 72 KB (8,693 words) - 16:33, 30 April 2024 |
The Japan Radioisotope Association (日本アイソトープ協会) (JRIA) is the oldest and largest professional association related to radioisotope and radiation research... 2 KB (157 words) - 00:57, 19 July 2023 |
stable. The longest-lived radioisotope is 14 C , with a half-life of 5.70(3)×103 years. This is also the only carbon radioisotope found in nature, as trace... 18 KB (1,502 words) - 01:57, 26 March 2024 |
Radiopharmacology (redirect from Medical radioisotopes) lungs, liver, gallbladder, kidneys, skeleton, blood and tumors. The term radioisotope, which in its general sense refers to any radioactive isotope (radionuclide)... 8 KB (780 words) - 19:53, 7 February 2023 |
Plutonium-238 (category Radioisotope fuels) plutonium-238 isotope suitable for usage in radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) and radioisotope heater units. The density of plutonium-238 at... 38 KB (3,994 words) - 12:08, 1 April 2024 |
The Beta-M is a radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) that was used in Soviet-era lighthouses and beacons. The Beta-M contains a core made up of... 5 KB (434 words) - 10:47, 5 April 2024 |
Nuclear medicine (redirect from Radioisotope scanning) Canada until its permanent shutdown in 2018. The most commonly used radioisotope in PET, 18F, is not produced in a nuclear reactor, but rather in a circular... 40 KB (4,533 words) - 20:34, 7 April 2024 |
The Multihundred-Watt radioisotope thermoelectric generator (MHW RTG) is a type of US radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) developed for the Voyager... 4 KB (346 words) - 03:46, 11 April 2023 |
A radioisotope piezoelectric generator (RPG) is a type of radioisotope generator that converts energy stored in radioactive materials into motion, which... 3 KB (369 words) - 09:35, 27 March 2024 |
Radiation therapy (redirect from Radioisotope therapy) achieved by attaching the radioisotope to another molecule or antibody to guide it to the target tissue. The radioisotopes are delivered through infusion... 113 KB (13,529 words) - 16:25, 30 March 2024 |
Decay product (redirect from Parent radioisotope) In nuclear physics, a decay product (also known as a daughter product, daughter isotope, radio-daughter, or daughter nuclide) is the remaining nuclide... 4 KB (428 words) - 23:29, 18 October 2022 |
Ionization chamber (redirect from Radioisotope dose calibrator) "reference dosimeters", while those used for radiopharmaceuticals are called radioisotope dose calibrators - an inexact name for radionuclide radioactivity calibrators... 20 KB (2,552 words) - 02:55, 10 March 2024 |
return science data until at least 2025, and 2030 at the maximum. Its radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) may supply enough electric power to... 113 KB (8,734 words) - 08:38, 3 May 2024 |