loading...| Preferred Name |
technetium |
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| Synonyms |
Tc |
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| Definitions |
The first artificially produced element and a radioactive fission product of uranium. Technetium has the atomic symbol Tc, atomic number 43, and atomic weight 98.91. All technetium isotopes are radioactive. Technetium 99m (m=metastable) which is the decay product of Molybdenum 99, has a half-life of about 6 hours and is used diagnostically as a radioactive imaging agent. Technetium 99 which is a decay product of technetium 99m, has a half-life of 210,000 years. [MeSH] |
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http://radlex.org/RID/RID11846 |
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| Comment |
Period5, Group=7, Z=43 |
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| Definition |
The first artificially produced element and a radioactive fission product of uranium. Technetium has the atomic symbol Tc, atomic number 43, and atomic weight 98.91. All technetium isotopes are radioactive. Technetium 99m (m=metastable) which is the decay product of Molybdenum 99, has a half-life of about 6 hours and is used diagnostically as a radioactive imaging agent. Technetium 99 which is a decay product of technetium 99m, has a half-life of 210,000 years. [MeSH] |
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RID11846 |
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| Preferred_name |
technetium |
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| Preferred_name_German |
Technetium |
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| prefixIRI |
RID11846 |
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| Radlex_version_of_class_change |
08/19/2014 |
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Playbook |
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| Synonym |
Tc |
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| UMLS_ID |
C0039411 |
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