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Table 46. Import 

 Biological 



ant Stable and Radioactive Isotopes That Have Been Used in 

 and Medical Investigations: Tracer Studies — {Continued) 



Element 



Name 



25 Manganesef 



26 Iron! 



27 Cobaltf 



29 Copperf 



30 Zincf 



33 Arsenic 



34 Selenium 



35 Bromine 



36 Krypton 



37 Rubidium 



38 Strontium 



39 Yttrium 



40 Zirconium 



41 Columbium 



42 Molybdenumf 



4 Ruthenium 



51 Antimony 



52 Tellurium 



Isotope 



Mn M 

 (Mn 54 ) 

 (Mn 52 ) 



Mn 54 



Mn 56 



Fe 55 



(Fe 55 ) 

 Fe 69 

 Fe 59 

 Co 66 ' 

 (Co*) 

 Co 58 r 

 Co 60 ' 

 Cu 64 

 Zn 63 

 Zn 65 

 As 74 



Se 83 



Br 82 



Kr 79 ' 81 



Rb 86 



Sr 85 



Sr 89 



Sr 90 

 Y n 



Zr 89 

 Zr 95 



Cb 95 



Mo 93 

 (Mo 99 ) 

 Mo 99 

 Ri 

 Rui 

 Sb 124 



Lu 103 ) 

 Lu 106 / 



Some important problems to which isotope has 

 been applied 



Te«i 



Te 127 



(Te 129 ) 



Distribution of colloidal Mn02 in reticuloendo- 

 thelial system 

 Mineral metabolism 



Mineral metabolism 



Mineral metabolism; blood physiology; blood 



preservation 

 Mineral metabolism; blood physiology; blood 



preservation 

 Mineral metabolism; blood physiology 

 Mineral metabolism 



Mineral metabolism 



Mineral metabolism 



Distribution of injected colloidal zinc 



Mineral metabolism 



Absorption, distribution, and excretion; experi- 

 mental filariasis 



Absorption, distribution, and excretion 



Electrolyte exchange; thyroid physiology; dis- 

 tribution of brominated dyes 



Respiratory gas exchange; blood circulatory 

 pattern 



Electrolyte exchange 



Absorption, distribution, and excretion § 



Bone physiology 



Absorption, distribution, and excretion 



Absorption, distribution, and excretion; fate of 

 colloids in reticuloendothelial system 



Absorption, distribution, and excretion§ 



Absorption, distribution, and excretion; fate of 

 colloids in reticuloendothelial system 



Absorption, distribution, and excretion; fate of 

 colloids in reticuloendothelial system 



Absorption by plants 



Absorption, distribution, and excretion; absorp- 

 tion in plants 



Absorption, distribution, and excretion 



Absorption, distribution, and excretion; experi- 

 mental filariasis 

 Absorption, distribution, and excretion 

 Absorption, distribution, and excretion 



