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90SR [1 record]

Record 1 - external organization data 2011-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Geochemistry
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

Radioactive strontium of mass number 90; half-life, 28 years; radiation, beta; and radiotoxicity, very hazardous. In fallout, this isotope, a member of the mass 90 fission product chain which is produced in high yield from fission, is the longest lived member of that chain and consequently is itself produced in high yield.

OBS

Symbol: 90Sr. The number 90 is a superscript.

OBS

The isotope 90 is not the only radioactive isotope of strontium. Consequently, the term "radiostrontium" is correct but it has a more generic sense.

Key term(s)
  • radioactive strontium

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Géochimie
  • Physique nucléaire
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Radioélément de période d'une durée de 28,5 ans.

CONT

Le strontium est un ostéotrope; plus de 99 % du strontium retenu dans l'organisme se trouve dans le squelette. Sa période biologique dans l'os est de l'ordre de 5 000 à 6 000 jours. Les isotopes radioactifs du strontium, strontium 89 (TR 50,5 jours) et strontium 90 (TR 28 ans), avec son descendant à vie courte l'yttrium 90, tous émetteurs ß, entraîneront donc essentiellement une irradiation des cellules qui tapissent la surface des os ainsi qu'une irradiation de la moelle osseuse rouge.

OBS

Symbole : 90Sr. Le chiffre 90 est en exposant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Geoquímica
  • Física nuclear
  • Compartimiento - Comisión Canadiense de Seguridad Nuclear
OBS

Isótopo del estroncio radiactivo. Período de semidesintegración, 28 años. Radiación beta. Veneno radiactivo muy tóxico que aparece en la lluvia radiactiva originada por las explosiones nucleares.

OBS

90Sr.

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