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Bismuth 213 is a radioisotope commonly used in the fields of nuclear medicine. It has unique nuclear properties such as a short 45 minute half-life (time required for half the nucleus to decay) and high energy alpha-particle emission. It is used in radioimmunology to treat patients with leukemia ,lymphomas, as well as for micrometastatic carcinomas Bismuth-213 is carried to the tumor vessel by monoclonal antibody. It is attached to the antibody using the molecule CHXb-DTPA. One end of the CHXb-DTP molecule grabs the bismuth-213 to protect it from being dislodged by competing metal ions, while a functional group at the other end of the molecule attaches the radioisotope to the antibody. When the antibody is attached to CHXb-DTPA it is reacted with the bismuth-213 from the actinium-225/bismuth-213 generator (actinium-225 decays to form bismuth-213). The agent formed is then injected into patients. The Bismuth-213 decays to insignificant quantities of Bi-209 and to release alpha-particles which are what target the cancer cells.
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∙ 9y agoBismuth is usually mixed with other metals, like lead, tin, iron, cadmium. It is used to form low melting alloys used in automatic fire sprinkler systems, fire detection systems, and electrical fuses.
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∙ 16y agoBismuth is used in fire detectors, fishing sinkers, and bismuth bullets (instead of lead bullets).
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∙ 13y agoBismuth is used in fire detectors, fishing sinkers, and bismuth bullets (instead of lead bullets).
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What are some of the uses for bismuth?
Bismuth is a chemical compound that is used in a wide variety of products. Such products include but are not limited to Medicine, Cosmetics and pigments, and even certain metal and alloys.
What is bismuth nitrate?
Bismuth nitrate is the Bismuth salt of Nitric acid. Its formula is Bi(NO3)3
How is bismuth formed?
It came from the German words 'Wisuth Bisemutum', meaning 'white mass'.
What is the charge on stable ion of bismuth?
Bismuth is considered to be a poor metal having an atomic number of 83. The metal carries a charge of +3 . Bismuth has been in existence since ancient times.
Does Mary Kay Makeup use bismuth in their products?
Bismuth is used in cosmetics as well as medicines. Bismuth ocychloride is an ingredient for all mineral make-up products.
Is bismuth an anion or cation?
it is cation and it uses as bismuth citrate in drugs
What are some uses of the element bismuth?
Ever hear of Pepto Bismal? The main ingredient contains bismuth.
What are some of the uses for bismuth?
Bismuth is a chemical compound that is used in a wide variety of products. Such products include but are not limited to Medicine, Cosmetics and pigments, and even certain metal and alloys.
Is Bismuth a metal or a non-metal?
No, Bismuth is a metal
What element is used in pink anti-diarrhea medication?
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What is the Bismuth symbol?
Bi is the symbol for bismuth.
Is bismuth nitrate same as bismuth oxynitrate?
No, the first is Bi(NO3)3 = Bismuth nitrate; it has 3 NO3- ionsand the other is BiO(NO3) = Bismuth oxynitrate, also called Bismuth subnitrate
What is bismuth nitrate?
Bismuth nitrate is the Bismuth salt of Nitric acid. Its formula is Bi(NO3)3
What objects are made out of bismuth?
Very few - if any - things are made of bismuth. They are usually made from bismuth compounds. And, bismuth compound usually behave very differently to bismuth just as water is very different from hydrogen!
Is bismuth cation or anion?
Bismuth forms a cation.
How is bismuth mined?
Bismuth is found with copper, zinc and other elements when they are mined. There is not enough of bismuth for it to have a separate mine.
When was Joseph Bismuth born?
Joseph Bismuth was born in 1926.
