Iodine-131 (n, gamma) Radiochemical Sodium Iodide Solution

Sodium Iodide (I-131)
Half-Life: 8.02 days

N-gamma iodine-131 is produced by the irradiation of tellurium-130 in a nuclear reactor.

Iodine-131, with a half-life of 8.02 days, is used for a variety of applications. These include diagnostic and therapeutic thyroid applications (in either a solution or capsule form), industrial tracers, and various research applications such as antibody labelling. Iodine-131 is also used to label antibodies for therapeutic applications in the treatment of cancers.

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