Term Papers on Radioactive Materials

Term Paper Title	Radioactive Materials
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	2.77

Radioactive Materials

Here's just a sampling of radioactive materials...and the many ways they improve lives.

Americium -241: Used in many smoke detectors for homes and business...to measure levels of toxic lead in dried paint
samples...to ensure uniform thickness in rolling processes like steel and paper production...and to help determine where oil
wells should be drilled.

Cadmium -109: Used to analyze metal alloys for checking stock, sorting scrap.

Calcium - 47: Important aid to biomedical researchers studying the cell function and bone formation of mammals.

Californium - 252: Used to inspect airline luggage for hidden explosives...to gauge the moisture content of soil in the road
construction and building industries...and to measure the moisture of materials stored in silos.

Carbon - 14: Helps in research to ensure that potential new drugs are metabolized without forming harmful by-products.

Cesium - 137: Used to treat cancers...to measure correct patient dosages of radioactive pharmaceuticals...to measure and
control the liquid flow in oil pipelines...to tell researchers whether oil wells are plugged by sand...and to ensure the right fill level
for packages of food, drugs and other products. (The products in these packages do not become radioactive.)

Chromium - 51: Used in research in red blood cell survival studies.

Cobalt - 57: Used in nuclear medicine to help physicians interpret diagnosis scans of patients' organs, and to diagnose
pernicious anemia.

Cobalt - 60 : Used to sterilize surgical instruments...to improve the safety and reliability of industrial fuel oil burners...and to
preserve poultry fruits and spices.

Copper - 67: When injected with monoclonal antibodies into a cancer patient, helps the antibodies bind to and destroy the
tumor.

Curium - 244: Used in mining to analyze material excavated from pits slurries from drilling operations.

Iodine - 123: Widely used to diagnose thyroid disorders.

Iodine - 129: Used to check some radioactivity counters in vitro diagnostic testing laboratories.

Iodine - 131: Used to diagnose and treat thyroid disorders. (Former President George Bush and Mrs. Bush were both
successfully treated for Grave's disease, a thyroid disease, with radioactive iodine.)

Iridium - 192: Used to test the integrity of pipeline welds, boilers and aircraft parts.

Iron - 55: Used to analyze electroplat...

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