Question

Give the applications of isotopes in the field of radiotherapy and medicine.
What is an isotope? Describe the isotopes of hydrogen with diagrams.​

Answer 1

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Isotopes are the elements with same no. of protons. They are used as radioactive materials. Hydrogen has three isotopes namely Hydrogen, deuterium and tritium.

Answer 2

Answer:

Radioactive isotopes have many useful applications. In medicine, for example, cobalt-60 is extensively employed as a radiation source to arrest the development of cancer. Other radioactive isotopes are used as tracers for diagnostic purposes as well as in research on metabolic processes.

Isotopes can be defined as the variants of chemical elements that possess the same number of protons and electrons, but a different number of neutrons.