Cobalt 60 Medical Application

Cobalt-60 | Uses, Half-Life, & Facts | Britannica

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cobalt-60, radioactive isotope of cobalt used in industry and medicine. Cobalt-60 is the longest-lived radioactive isotope of cobalt, with a half-life of 5.27 years. It is produced by …

CDC Radiation Emergencies | Radioisotope Brief: Cobalt …

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Co-60 is used medically for radiation therapy as implants and as an external source of radiation exposure. It is used industrially in leveling gauges and to x-ray welding seams …

Radionuclide Basics: Cobalt-60 | US EPA

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FACT SHEET: EPA FACTS ABOUT COBALT-60

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Cobalt-60 is produced as a result of weapons testing or in other nuclear reactions. Since cobalt-60 has a short half-life, there is no significant presence of the isotope in the …

Cobalt-60 - Bruce Power

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Cobalt-60 is the key component of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), a process aimed at eliminating or, at a minimum, suppressing the population of insects that …

Beneficial Uses of Cobalt-60 - INTERNATIONAL …

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After removal from the reactor the cobalt-60 is double encapsulated in stainless steel sealed sources. The radioactivity or “energy level” is normally measured in …

Medical-grade Cobalt-60 - Nordion

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Produced in power reactors throughout the world, Cobalt-60 emits high energy gamma rays used in the treatment of cancers. HSA Cobalt-60 is at the forefront of innovative …

Medical Application - RadioIsotopes period 4 - Google

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Cobalt-60 is used in many common industrial applications. For example, it is used in leveling devices and thickness gauges and also a radiation source for medical …

Cobalt-60 - Wikipedia

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Cobalt-60 (60 Co) is a synthetic radioactive isotope of cobalt with a half-life of 5.2713 years.: 39 It is produced artificially in nuclear reactors. Deliberate industrial production depends …

Cobalt-60: the heart of gamma-radiation sterilization

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The wide use of this method of sterilization is a result of the lethal effects of ionizing radiation on microbial populations and the penetrative powers of cobalt-60. This article describes …