Radioactive isotopes used in cancer therapy have an "expiration date." For example, a widely used one is 60^Co, which as soon as it is produced in a nuclear reactor has an activity of 5000 Ci, but when its activity drops below 3500 Ci it is considered too weak for treatment. Imagine that you work in a hospital where one of the 60^Co fonts was produced on February 1, 2022. Can this font still be used on August 1, 2024? (Note: The half-life of the 60^Co isotope is 5271 years.) Yes or no?
Nuclear Fusion
Nuclear fusion is a type of nuclear reaction. In nuclear fusion, two or more than two lighter atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus. During this process, an enormous amount of energy is released. This energy is called nuclear energy. Nuclear fusion is the energy source of the sun and stars.
Fusion Bomb
A fusion bomb is also known as a thermonuclear bomb or hydrogen bomb which releases a large amount of explosive energy during a nuclear chain reaction when the lighter nuclei in it, combine to form heavier nuclei, and a large amount of radiation is released. It is an uncontrolled, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction where isotopes of hydrogen combine under very high temperature to form helium. They work on the principle of operation of atomic fusion. The isotopes of Hydrogen are deuterium and tritium, where they combine their masses and have greater mass than the product nuclei, get heated at high temperatures, and releases energy.
Radioactive isotopes used in cancer therapy have an "expiration date." For example, a widely used one is 60^Co, which as soon as it is produced in a nuclear reactor has an activity of 5000 Ci, but when its activity drops below 3500 Ci it is considered too weak for treatment. Imagine that you work in a hospital where one of the 60^Co fonts was produced on February 1, 2022. Can this font still be used on August 1, 2024? (Note: The half-life of the 60^Co isotope is 5271 years.)
Yes or no?
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