Question

What is isotopes ? State the uses of isotopes​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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. ok

Answer 2

Isotopes

Isotope, one of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and position in the periodic table and nearly identical chemical behaviour but with different atomic masses and physical properties. Every chemical element has one or more isotopes.

uses

• An isotope of uranium is used as a fuel in nuclear reactors.  
• An isotope of cobalt is used in the treatment of cancer
• The best known use of the isotope is in nuclear weapons and energy.
• In medicine, isotopes are used in photosynthesis to study the effect of animal metabolism in food.
• They are also used in bone imaging and radiation therapy to treat cancer. Isotopes are used in the sensors of smoke detectors in buildings.