Zinc-65

Name:
Zinc-65
Detailed information:
Radioactive isotope of mass number 65.

Properties:

Half-life 250 days, radiation β and γ.

Derivation:

Pile irradiation of zinc metal and, in the cyclotron, by bombarding copper-65 with deuterons.

Available Forms:

Zinc metal and zinc chloride in hydrochloric acid solution.

Hazard:

A radioactive poison.

Use:

Tracer nuclide in study of wear in alloys, the nature of phosphor activators, galvanizing, function of traces of zinc in body metabolism, the functions of oil additives in lubricating oils, etc.