Chemical Property of Cobalt-60
Chemical Property:
- Boiling Point:°Cat760mmHg
- Flash Point:°C
- PSA：0.00000
- Density:g/cm3
- LogP:0.00000
- Hydrogen Bond Donor Count:0
- Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:0
- Rotatable Bond Count:0
- Exact Mass:59.933816
- Heavy Atom Count:1
- Complexity:0
- Purity/Quality:
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98%,99%, *data from raw suppliers
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- MSDS Files:
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SDS file from LookChem
Total 1 MSDS from other Authors
Useful:
- Chemical Classes:Physical/Radiation -> Radionuclides
- Canonical SMILES:[Co]
- Isomeric SMILES:[60Co]
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Uses
60Co (cobalt-60), a gamma and beta ray emitter with a half-life of about 5.3 years, is used in cancer therapy. Small pieces of radioactive metallic cobalt, made radioactive in a nuclear reactor, are placed into a proper shielding device and the radiation from them used in place of a high-powered x-ray machine or radium implantations in treating patients with localized cancer.
