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MESOTHORIUM [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Radiological Physics (Theory and Application)
  • Geochemistry
DEF

Isotope of radium, chemically identical with it, but having a much shorter half-life; mesothorium decomposes into radiothorium, chemically identical with thorium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Physique radiologique et applications
  • Géochimie
DEF

Nom de deux noyaux radioactifs : le radium 228 (mésothorium 1) et l'actinium 228 (mésothorium 2).

OBS

Ces produits sont utilisés en cancérologie pour la pénétration de leur rayonnement.

Spanish

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