The radioactive isotope dysprosium-165 is also being studied for some potential applications in medicine. Radiation with dysprosium-165 has proved to be more effective in treating damaged joints than traditional surgery.
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A new isotope of dysprosium, identified as 166Dy, has been studied. It has been shown that it is formed by thermal neutron capture in the 140 minute isomer of 165Dy, the capture cross section being about 1,200 barns. ... Another new isotope, 159Dy, has been made both by slow neutron irradiation of dysprosium and by...
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So little as 1/100 mgm. of dysprosium gives an easily detectable radioactivity after bombardment with neutrons from a source containing a few hundred ...
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Paige's Dysprosium Page ... WHAT IS DYSPROSIUM? ... The name dysprosium is derived from the Greek word "dysprositos," meaning hard to get at. In many ways this lesser known, somewhat mysterious element is true to its name. It is difficult to isolate and limited in its uses.
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They discovered that radioactive Dysprosium and Rhenium do decay up to one billion times faster, when they are in what is called the hot plasma state of matter. The temperatures of the plasma state are extremely high, however, like the inside the sun or inside a hydrogen bomb blast.
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Dysprosium - Element Properties and Periodic Table Information ... Definition of the Dysprosium Element; A soft, silvery rare-earth element used in nuclear research. ... Classification of the Dysprosium Element; Dysprosium classified as an element in the Lanthanide series as one of the "Rare Earth Elements" which can located...
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Index of properties of dysprosium within WebElements ... Dysprosium around us ... Isotopes: isotope abundances; radioactive isotopes; isotope masses; nuclear spins; and nuclear magnetic moment...
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Isolation: dysprosium metal is available commercially so it is not normally necessary to make it in the laboratory, which is just as well as it is difficult to isolate as the pure ... Monazite also contains thorium and ytrrium which makes handling difficult since thorium and its decomposition products are radioactive.
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1. A radioactive metal ion chelate of a chelating compound of formula (I): wherein ... 3. A radioactive metal ion chelate as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein for Formula I, R is and R1 is A radioactive metal ion chelate as claimed in Claim 3 wherein for Formula ... and radioactive isotopes of dysprosium and thulium (p 159).
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New Radioactive Isotopes of Dysprosium. B. H. Ketelle Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Received 6 September 1949 ...
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