• The radioactive isotope caesium-137 has a half-life of about 30 years and is used in medical applications, industrial gauges, and hydrology. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stable (not radioactive) cesium ( 133 Cs) has been identified in at least 8 of the 1,636 hazardous waste sites that have been proposed for inclusion on the EPA National Priorities List (NPL) (HazDat 2003). (cdc.gov)
  • Radioactive forms of cesium are produced by the fission of uranium in fuel elements (fuel rods) during the normal operation of nuclear power plants, or when nuclear weapons are exploded. (cdc.gov)
  • Radioactive forms of cesium are unstable and eventually change into other more stable elements through the process of radioactive decay. (cdc.gov)
  • The wreckage-covered storage pool contains 10 times as much radioactive cesium-137 as was released at Chernobyl, according to Nils Bøhmer, Bellona's nuclear physicist and General Director who last March visited Fukushima with other Bellona staff. (bellona.org)
  • Radioactive materials, such as cesium-137 and cobalt-60, are located in more than 100 countries and in every region of the world. (nonproliferation.org)
  • Caesium is the least abundant of the five non-radioactive alkali metals. (wikidoc.org)
  • Radioactive isotopes of caesium are used in the medical field to treat certain types of cancer . (wikidoc.org)
  • The effect of the structure and the magnetic charge is that zeolite draws heavy metals (including mercury, cadmium, lead, arsenic, aluminum, tin, excess iron, and even radioactive metals like cesium and strontium-90) and toxins to it and simply engulfs them. (nutrimedical.com)
  • Traces of radioactive cesium were found in popular baby formula according to Japan Today, Dec. 7, 2011. (nukewatchinfo.org)
  • cesium ore concentration machine gtbsansthanco cesium ore concentration machine Longlived radioactive elements such as uranium, Beneficiation & Equipment. (rkinstal.eu)
  • They are used as filters in sewage treatment plants as they practically adsorb almost all heavy metals, as well as some radioactive substances such as strontium and cesium. (bn-mineral.com)
  • Crystalline cesium iodide and cesium fluoride are used in scintillation counters, which convert energy from ionizing radiation into pulses of visible light for radiation detection and spectroscopy. (cdc.gov)
  • CESIUM IODIDE ULTRA PURE ] is available in small packing as well as in bulk. (kenyachemical.com)
  • Buy premium quality [ CESIUM IODIDE ULTRA PURE ] and other lab chemicals from one of the most trusted brands. (kenyachemical.com)
  • Cesium iodide is used as a beam splitter in Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectrometers. (kenyachemical.com)
  • CESIUM IODIDE ULTRA PURE is utilized in calorimeters and detectors and also employed as phosphor in fluoroscopy equipments. (kenyachemical.com)
  • Caesium iodide photocathodes are highly efficient at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths. (kenyachemical.com)
  • Sodium activated cesium iodide (CsI(Na)) is another widely used material nowadays. (ost-photonics.com)
  • They include lithium iodide (LiI), sodium iodide (NaI) , cesium iodide (CsI), and zinc sulfide (ZnS). (nuclear-power.com)
  • NaI(Tl) (thallium-doped sodium iodide) is the most widely used scintillation material. (nuclear-power.com)
  • Cesium iodide (CsI) in crystalline form is used as the scintillator for detecting protons and alpha particles . (nuclear-power.com)
  • Thallium-doped Caesium Iodide has an effective atomic number of 54 and a density of 4.51 g/cm 3 . (nuclear-power.com)
  • Caesium is mined mostly from pollucite. (wikipedia.org)
  • The most important source of commercial cesium is a mineral known as pollucite, which usually contains about 5-32% cesium oxide (Cs 2 O). No known taste or odor is associated with cesium compounds. (cdc.gov)
  • Cesium occurs in the mineral pollucite and lithium occurs primarily in both spodumene and lepidolite in the dykes explored to date. (avalonadvancedmaterials.com)
  • Cesium values in the Pollucite Dyke range up to 6.2% Cs 2 O over 1.70m and is so named because the cesium ore mineral pollucite is one of the dominant mineral phases in this dyke. (avalonadvancedmaterials.com)
  • that at least one domestic company manufactured cesium products from imported pollucite ore. (rkinstal.eu)
  • Caesium has physical and chemical properties similar to those of rubidium and potassium. (wikipedia.org)
  • The chemistry of caesium is similar to that of other alkali metals, in particular rubidium, the element above caesium in the periodic table. (wikipedia.org)
  • All of the known pegmatites tested by drilling exhibit good continuity to depth, high degrees of fractionation and are enriched in cesium, lithium and tantalum, as well as rubidium. (avalonadvancedmaterials.com)
  • There are many other elements that can be used in chip making like sodium, rubidium, iodine, and cesium. (businessday.ng)
  • Our rubidium/cesium mixed inorganic perovskites show better light stability than [other] perovskite materials, including cesium-based inorganic perovskites and widely used organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites with similar band gaps. (techxplore.com)
  • The team used a type of perovskite material known as ABX3, which is made from a mix of different substances-including cesium, lead, tin, iodine, bromine and some small organic molecules. (techxplore.com)
  • CsI(Tl) Cesium Iodine doping thallium is the most typical alkali halide scintillation crystal which wavelength is 550nm, It's best matchable for PD, SiPM etc. (kinheng.com)
  • Beta particles are high-energy electrons that are emitted from the nuclei of unstable atoms (eg, cesium-137, iodine-131). (msdmanuals.com)
  • The German chemist Robert Bunsen and physicist Gustav Kirchhoff discovered caesium in 1860 by the newly developed method of flame spectroscopy. (wikipedia.org)
  • the alloy with a molar distribution of 41% caesium, 47% potassium, and 12% sodium has the lowest melting point of any known metal alloy, at −78 °C (−108 °F). A few amalgams have been studied: CsHg 2 is black with a purple metallic lustre, while CsHg is golden-coloured, also with a metallic lustre. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, a caesium-water explosion is often less powerful than a sodium-water explosion with a similar amount of sodium. (wikipedia.org)
  • In the waste recycling process of tungsten alloy technology, recycle process of waste tungsten by sodium carbonate smelting process is relatively mature and widely applicable, much as it is used, but a lot of problems also appeared in the actual production, the most troublesome is chromium. (blogspot.com)
  • In of ion competition experiments, indicating that potassium, rubid- particular, the cryogenic temperatures used in all recent crys- ium, and cesium ions bind to the minor groove with similarly weak tallographic work may drastically shift the enthalpy-entropy affinity as sodium ions, whereas ammonium ion binding is some- balance of ion-water substitution. (lu.se)
  • In quantities of more than about 100 grams (3.5 oz), caesium is shipped in hermetically sealed, stainless steel containers. (wikipedia.org)
  • But wait, what about the Strontium-90 and the Cesium-137? (stabthefinger.com)
  • In this study, the performance of local clinoptilolite zeolite from Gördes region has been investigated so as to determine the conditions under which it can be used effectively in the column for strontium and cesium removal. (metu.edu.tr)
  • It was found that under different loading conditions, breakthrough capacity varied from 0 to 0.4078 meq/g for strontium removal, breakthrough capacity varied from 0.1178 to 0.7800 meq/g for cesium removal. (metu.edu.tr)
  • It was observed that Na-CLI performed much better for the removal of strontium and cesium with respect to its original form. (metu.edu.tr)
  • In addition, effect of presence of calcium in the feed solution on the breakthrough capacity was investigated and it was found that presence of calcium in the feed solution makes strontium removal essentially impossible, in the case of cesium, presence of calcium in the feed solution decreases breakthrough capacity significantly. (metu.edu.tr)
  • Information that must be disclosed includes contents of nicotine and tar, the residue quantities of pesticides (hexa-chlorine-cyclo-hexane and its isomers and double-chlorine-double-phenyl- triple-chlorine-ethane and its metabolites), radio nuclides (caesium and strontium), etc. (who.int)
  • Since the 1990s, the largest application of the element has been as caesium formate for drilling fluids, but it has a range of applications in the production of electricity, in electronics, and in chemistry. (wikipedia.org)
  • Probably the most widespread use of caesium today is in caesium formate -based drilling fluids for the oil industry. (wikidoc.org)
  • The high density of the caesium formate brine (up to 2.3 sg ), coupled with the relative benignity of 133 Cs , reduces the requirement for toxic high-density suspended solids in the drilling fluid, which is a significant technological, engineering and environmental advantage. (wikidoc.org)
  • The variant spelling cesium is used especially in North American English , and the IUPAC has recognized it as a variant spelling since 1993 [ citation needed ] , but caesium is the spelling used by the IUPAC. (wikidoc.org)
  • It has only one stable isotope, caesium-133. (wikipedia.org)
  • Natural cesium is present in the environment in only one stable form, as the isotope 133 Cs. (cdc.gov)
  • The state has also canceled a program for buying Ferocin, known as Prussian Blue, a substance farmers could give their cattle to hasten the elimination of the cesium-137 isotope. (nypost.com)
  • Since then, caesium has been widely used in highly accurate atomic clocks. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cesium is also used in highly accurate atomic clocks. (cdc.gov)
  • Caesium is also notably used in atomic clocks , which are accurate to seconds in many thousands of years. (wikidoc.org)
  • 134 Cs has been used in hydrology as a measure of caesium output by the nuclear power industry. (wikidoc.org)
  • Caesium is the second most electropositive and alkaline of the chemical elements and has the second lowest ionization potential (after francium ). (wikidoc.org)
  • Along with gallium , francium, and mercury , caesium is among the only metals that are liquid at or near room temperature. (wikidoc.org)
  • Fluorine (the most electronegative element) has a value of 4.0, and the least electronegative elements, cesium and francium have values of 0.7. (infinitylearn.com)
  • Because of their high density, caesium chloride solutions are commonly used in molecular biology for density gradient ultracentrifugation, primarily for the isolation of viral particles, subcellular organelles and fractions, and nucleic acids from biological samples. (wikidoc.org)
  • TRI reagent ® gives better yields than traditional guanidine thiocyanate/cesium chloride methods. (sigmaaldrich.com)
  • Caesium-137, a fission product, is extracted from waste produced by nuclear reactors. (wikipedia.org)
  • Caesium vapor is used in many common magnetometers . (wikidoc.org)
  • For surveying of standard ferrous-UXO objects, we use caesium vapour magnetometers such as the widely popular Geometrics G882. (sephydrographic.com)
  • Sometimes cesium is used as a getter for residual gas impurities in vacuum tubes and as a coating in tungsten filaments or cathodes of the tubes. (cdc.gov)
  • in other words, the plasmonic frequency of the alkali metals becomes lower from lithium to caesium. (wikipedia.org)
  • Avalon's Lilypad Cesium-Tantalum Property consists of 14 claims totaling 3,108 ha covering a field of cesium, tantalum and lithium-rich granitic pegmatites. (avalonadvancedmaterials.com)
  • An initial reconnaissance mapping and sampling program carried out by Avalon in 1999 confirmed the presence of economically-significant cesium-lithium-tantalum mineralization at several locations on the property. (avalonadvancedmaterials.com)
  • Drill intercepts from a 2000-2001 drill campaign with cesium and lithium values are listed in the tables below. (avalonadvancedmaterials.com)
  • Caesium fluoride is widely used in organic chemistry as a base and as a source of anhydrous fluoride ion. (wikidoc.org)
  • The golden colour of caesium comes from the decreasing frequency of light required to excite electrons of the alkali metals as the group is descended. (wikipedia.org)
  • Clinoptilolite and other zeolites are widely used in nuclear industry for the removal of radioisotopes from aqueous nuclear waste. (metu.edu.tr)
  • Bits - Zeolites are widely used as ion-exchangers to purify drinking water, removing some of the harmful impurities. (bn-mineral.com)
  • These anthropogenic radioisotopes, most notably cesium-137 have been widely used to estimate rates of soil redistribution by wind, water, and tillage. (usda.gov)
  • Caesium forms alloys with the other alkali metals, gold, and mercury (amalgams). (wikipedia.org)
  • The International System of Units , internationally known by the abbreviation SI (from French Système International ), is the modern form of the metric system and the world's most widely used system of measurement . (wikipedia.org)
  • More than two-thirds of the world's reserves of cesium are found in Canada, with reserves also found in Zimbabwe, China, Namibia and, recently, Australia. (avalonadvancedmaterials.com)
  • This is because caesium explodes instantly upon contact with water, leaving little time for hydrogen to accumulate. (wikipedia.org)
  • The first small-scale applications for caesium were as a "getter" in vacuum tubes and in photoelectric cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • Like other elements of group 1, caesium has a great affinity for oxygen and is used as a " getter " in vacuum tubes . (wikidoc.org)
  • In the international system of measurement (S.I.) the second (s) is the basic unit of time and it is defined as the time it takes a cesium (Cs) atom to perform 9,192,631,770 complete oscillations. (moodlets.com)
  • Bi2O3-B2O3-Si2O3 glass has an ultra-high-speed response of less than 150fs, and also It can be widely made use of for optical changing as well as broadband boosting. (godhatestheworld.com)
  • Bi2O3-B2O3-Si2O3 glass has an ultra-high-speed reaction of less than 150fs, and It can be widely used for optical switching and broadband amplification. (nanotrun.com)
  • Cesium is a naturally-occurring element found in rocks, soil, and dust at low concentrations. (cdc.gov)
  • It was also determined this week that the concentrations of cesium in beef vary widely by location in the cow . (simplyinfo.org)
  • In 1967, acting on Einstein's proof that the speed of light is the most-constant dimension in the universe, the International System of Units used two specific wave counts from an emission spectrum of caesium-133 to co-define the second and the metre. (wikipedia.org)
  • The emission spectrum of caesium has two bright lines in the blue part of the spectrum along with several other lines in the red, yellow, and green. (wikidoc.org)
  • There is an account that caesium, reacting with fluorine , takes up more fluorine than it stoichiometrically should. (wikidoc.org)
  • It lists the elements in decreasing order of electronegativity, with fluorine being the most electronegative and cesium being the least. (infinitylearn.com)
  • Fluorine is the most electronegative element on this scale, with a value of 4.0, and cesium is the least electronegative element, with a value of 0.7. (infinitylearn.com)
  • Nonradioactive caesium compounds are only mildly toxic, but the pure metal's tendency to react explosively with water means that caesium is considered a hazardous material, and the radioisotopes present a significant health and environmental hazard. (wikipedia.org)
  • Cesium compounds do not react violently with air or water and are generally very soluble in water. (cdc.gov)
  • There are relatively few commercial uses for cesium metal and its compounds. (cdc.gov)
  • Caesium is used as a catalyst in the hydrogenation of certain organic compounds . (wikidoc.org)
  • Aug 01, 2014 · Miner keeps close watch on cesium underground Cesium is another one of those elements that has found a multitude of uses since it was discovered in mineral water more than a 150 years ago in Durkheim, Germany. (rkinstal.eu)
  • The electronegativity scale, developed by Linus Pauling in 1932, is a widely used measure of the electronegativities of chemical elements. (infinitylearn.com)
  • The Pauling scale is the most widely used scale. (infinitylearn.com)
  • Brainerd, 05/04/2023 - Honey Badger Analytics LLC, a cutting-edge geospatial data analytics and visualization company, is proud to announce that it has officially become a Cesium Certified Developer. (honeybadgeranalytics.com)
  • For the separation of gases, membrane technology is not as widely applied since the production of suitable gas separation membranes is far more challenging than the production of membranes for eg. (uwc.ac.za)
  • Caesium use as a propellant was discontinued when Hughes Research Laboratory conducted a study finding Xenon gas as a suitable replacement. (wikidoc.org)
  • As more sites are evaluated, the sites at which cesium is found may increase. (cdc.gov)
  • Pure cesium metal is silvery white in color and very soft, but pure cesium is not expected to be found in the environment. (cdc.gov)
  • Cesium has been found in eggs . (simplyinfo.org)
  • In April 2013, Japan's Ministry of Health reported that cesium-137 and cesium-134 found in produce and rice crackers 225 miles away from Fukushima "are high enough to cause residents to exceed the annual radiation exposure limit in just a few months, or even weeks. (nukewatchinfo.org)
  • There are a few forms of radiation, but the most deadly that are currently polluting the planet are cesium-137 and electromagnetic radiation. (naturalnews.com)
  • With recent radiation tests done by county officials on the shores of California showing a 500 percent increase in radiation, it is now widely believed by experts that cesium-137 has entered the food chain so any seafood caught in the Pacific ocean is very suspect of significant contamination. (naturalnews.com)
  • Cesium is also used to make special optical glass, as a catalyst promoter, in vacuum tubes and in radiation monitoring equipment. (avalonadvancedmaterials.com)
  • Acute radiation syndromes can be caused by a sufficient dose of some internally deposited radionuclides that are widely distributed in tissues and organs and have a high specific activity. (msdmanuals.com)
  • It reacts with ice at temperatures as low as −116 °C (−177 °F). Because of this high reactivity, caesium metal is classified as a hazardous material. (wikipedia.org)
  • The previous work in this field was reviewed and a new, previously little-used pair of anthropogenic radioisotopes, plutonium-239 and plutonium-240 for this use is investigated and compared with cesium-137 at a wind erosion study site in the Southern High Plains of Texas. (usda.gov)
  • This prestigious certification is a testament to the company's expertise in leveraging the Cesium platform to develop robust, high-performance 3D geospatial applications and solutions for various industries. (honeybadgeranalytics.com)
  • Cesium, an open platform for 3D geospatial applications, enables developers to create powerful, high-performance web-based applications that visualize and analyze data in a 3D context. (honeybadgeranalytics.com)
  • Cesium ore concentration machine caesiumwikipedia, the free encyclopedia therefore, the largest deposits of caesium are zone pegmatite ore bodies formed by size and the strong separation of the minerals create high- grade ore for mining and the sterilization of. (rkinstal.eu)
  • Caesium can be stored in vacuum-sealed borosilicate glass ampoules. (wikipedia.org)
  • Of all elements that are solid at room temperature, caesium is the softest: it has a hardness of 0.2 Mohs. (wikipedia.org)
  • Caesium reacts explosively in cold water and also reacts with ice at temperatures above −116 °C (−177 °F , 157 K). (wikidoc.org)
  • Caesium nitrate is used as oxidiser to burn silicon in infrared flares [4] like the LUU-19 flare [5] , because it emits much of its light in the near infrared spectrum. (wikidoc.org)
  • They are used widely for medical, scientific, and industrial purposes-but can also be used maliciously as key ingredients in radiological dispersal devices (RDDs), the most notorious type of which is known as a "dirty bomb" which disperses radiological material using explosives. (nonproliferation.org)
  • This feature is widely used in medical imaging to detect X-rays or gamma rays . (nuclear-power.com)
  • Pure cesium metal reacts violently with air and water, resulting in an explosion-like reaction. (cdc.gov)
  • cesium in American English) is a chemical element with the symbol Cs and atomic number 55. (wikipedia.org)
  • Caesium or cesium ( Template:PronEng ) is the chemical element with the symbol Cs and atomic number 55. (wikidoc.org)
  • cesium ore samples Welcome to Shanghai CNC Mining and Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. CESIUM - USGS. (rkinstal.eu)
  • Nitrosamines (toxins) are widely present in processed foods especially processed meats and are strongly implicated as a major causative agent in cancer. (nutrimedical.com)
  • Since 1967, the International System of Measurements bases its unit of time , the second , on the properties of caesium. (wikidoc.org)
  • As a Cesium Certified Developer, Honey Badger Analytics LLC has demonstrated exceptional proficiency in utilizing the Cesium platform to its fullest potential, showcasing its ability to create immersive, visually stunning, and data-rich applications. (honeybadgeranalytics.com)
  • We are thrilled to have achieved Cesium Certified Developer status," said Bradford Folta Jr., Founder of Honey Badger Analytics LLC. (honeybadgeranalytics.com)