Technetium [technecium]
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Technecium-99m
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Technetium 99m
The first artificially produced element and a radioactive fission product of URANIUM. Technetium has the atomic symbol Tc, and atomic number 43. 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.
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- AD
- administration & dosage 7
- AE
- adverse effects 2
- AN
- analysis 4
- BL
- blood 3
- CF
- cerebrospinal fluid
- CH
- chemistry 3
- CL
- classification
- EC
- economics
- HI
- history 2
- IP
- isolation & purification
- ME
- metabolism 6
- PK
- pharmacokinetics 8
- PD
- pharmacology
- PO
- poisoning
- ST
- standards
- SD
- supply & distribution 3
- TU
- therapeutic use 3
- TO
- toxicity 1
- UR
- urine 1
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