Radioactive potassium. Medical search. Frequent questions

The radioactive decay of this particular isotope explains the large abundance of argon (nearly 1%) in the Earth's atmosphere, as well as prevalence of 40Ar over other isotopes. (wikipedia.org)
Background radiation Isotopes of potassium This photon would be called an x-ray if emitted from an electron. (wikipedia.org)
In the first few lectures I mentioned that certain isotopes of certain elements were unstable and underwent radioactive decay. (ucsd.edu)
All isotopes of an element, even those that are radioactive, react chemically in the same way. (cdc.gov)
Measurements of neutron-rich potassium isotopes cast doubt on the new N = 32 magic number below calcium. (iop.org)
Because of the specificity of its uptake by the human body, radioactive isotopes of iodine can also be used to treat thyroid cancer . (wikipedia.org)
The so-called Charge State Booster (CSB) has been used to charge breed radioactive isotopes ranging from potassium to erbium under the regime of single frequency heating. (cern.ch)
According to health experts, KI has no effect in reducing harm from radioactive materials in any other part of the body, nor does it protect against harm from other radioactive isotopes, such as cesium, which is also being released from the damaged Fukushima plant in Japan. (time.com)
Studying ratios of both stable and radioactive isotopes can provide important constraints on these processes. (skepchick.org)

Japanese authorities are also issuing potassium iodide tablets to block the intake of radioactive iodine to the thyroid. (medscape.com)

Yes, sodium-free salt (potassium chloride) is sufficiently radioactive (from the isotope potassium-40) that after several months, a saltshaker-ful will form an image on film. (popsci.com)
Bananas have suddenly become the hip way to compare radiation doses because a typical banana contains the natural radioactive isotope potassium 40. (wallstreetpit.com)

KI works by blocking radioactive iodine from entering the thyroid. (cdc.gov)

The reduction of radioactive particles in bone uptake, measured in the femur, reached as high as 80%, with little interference with calcium absorption. (ecochildsplay.com)
In case of radiation emergencies, current preventive measures include the distribution of pharmacologic doses of potassium iodide that would reduce the risk of significant uptake of 131 I by the thyroid gland. (oregonstate.edu)
In order to establish the diagnosis, the guidelines recommend that we measure thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) receptor antibodies (the causative problem in Graves disease), do radioactive iodine uptake, or do an ultrasound scan. (medscape.com)

And "hundreds are asking for potassium iodide. (mv-voice.com)

Potassium-40 undergoes three types of radioactive decay. (wikipedia.org)
However, if the mineral contains any potassium, then decay of the 40K isotope present will create fresh argon-40 that will remain locked up in the mineral. (wikipedia.org)
The radioactive decay of 40K in the Earth's mantle ranks third, after 232Th and 238U, as the source of radiogenic heat. (wikipedia.org)
The discovery of the natural radioactive decay of uranium in 1896 by Henry Becquerel, the French physicist, opened new vistas in science. (usgs.gov)
wait for the most dangerous radioactive materials to decay. (beforeitsnews.com)

Based on those abundances, they could infer the abundance of a third radioactive element, uranium. (sciencedaily.com)
Most of this heat comes from radioactive elements such as potassium, uranium, and thorium. (com.pk)
The study of radioactive isotope systems, such as potassium-argon and uranium-thorium, can also be used in the dating of rocks and archaeological samples. (skepchick.org)

If radioactive iodine is released into the air after a radiological or nuclear event it can be breathed into the lungs. (cdc.gov)
At this time, CDC does not recommend that people in the United States take Potassium Iodide (KI) or iodine supplements in response to the nuclear power plant explosions in Japan. (cdc.gov)
A nuclear blast produces a blinding light, intense heat (called thermal radiation), initial nuclear radiation, 2 explosive shock waves (blasts), mass fires, and radioactive fallout (residual nuclear radiation). (beforeitsnews.com)
Both the initial nuclear radiation and residual nuclear radiation (also called radioactive fallout) are extremely dangerous. (beforeitsnews.com)
Radioactive fallout (residual nuclear radiation) is created when the fireball vaporizes everything inside it (including dirt and water). (beforeitsnews.com)
Ionizing radiation is energy that is carried by several types of particles and rays given off by radioactive material, x ray machines, and fuel elements in nuclear reactors. (cdc.gov)
From early in his career, Flanagan contributed significant advances in nuclear physics using collinear laser spectroscopy, where interactions between a laser and a beam of radioactive ions are probed via subsequent emission of fluorescent photons. (iop.org)
Fear of radioactive fallout from nuclear plant meltdowns in Japan has prompted a virtual buyout of a pill promoted as a 'radiation protection tablet' by a manufacturer. (staradvertiser.com)
Following a radiological or nuclear event, radioactive iodine may be released into the air and then be breathed into the lungs. (ecochildsplay.com)
According to the CDC, potassium can play a major role in protecting the body and thyroid gland after an internal contamination, as in the example of the Japanese nuclear reactor explosion. (lewrockwell.com)
Potassium Iodide helps protect your thyroid gland from radioactive iodine, in case of a nuclear accident. (life-enthusiast.com)
For those directly exposed to excessive amounts of radioactive iodine, the only treatment is potassium iodide (KI), a form of iodine that mimics the radioactive element that is one of the most common contaminants from nuclear power plants. (time.com)
The whole world is watching as a reduced crew of engineers and technicians struggles to gain control of the situation by venting radioactive steam and pumping in seawater to cool down the reactors in "feed and bleed" operations, while desperately trying to raise rapidly falling water levels in the fuel-rod storage pools at the Fukushima nuclear power station. (socialistaction.org)
Japanese officials have declared only a 12 ½-mile evacuation zone despite the fact that radiation levels outside and above the deteriorating nuclear power station have reached intolerably high levels due to releases of radioactive steam. (socialistaction.org)

This Potassium Iodide is safe to store for many years in your emergency kit for the event of a radioactive fallout heading your way. (life-enthusiast.com)

Ichishita said her agency is not advocating that people buy potassium iodide pills. (staradvertiser.com)
Near me, some of my colleagues were rummaging for potassium iodide pills, the so-called KI pills that would protect their thyroids from radioactive iodine. (ipsecinfo.org)

What Is Radioactive Contamination? (cdc.gov)
Radioactive contamination occurs when radioactive material is deposited on or in an object or a person. (cdc.gov)
Yet sometimes bee monitors turn up confusing results: In a three-year study at Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1994 to 1996, bees placed in hives around a radioactive waste lagoon known to contain six radioactive compounds showed consistent signs of contamination from four. (smithsonianmag.com)
When radioactive materials get into the body through breathing, eating, or drinking, we say that "internal contamination" has occurred. (ecochildsplay.com)
In the case of internal contamination with radioactive iodine, the thyroid gland quickly absorbs this chemical. (ecochildsplay.com)
In the unlikely event of radiation contamination in our community, California has a response plan for radiological emergencies and would have access to the national stockpile of potassium iodide, which would be recommended for those at highest risk of illness," the department said in a statement on its website. (mv-voice.com)

Geiger counters with a small radioactive source (potassium is radioactive - salt substitute! (schneier.com)

They mapped out abundances of the radioactive elements thorium and potassium in the Martian crust. (sciencedaily.com)

Most recently, the first measurements have been made on transitions in radioactive radium monofluoride (RaF) molecules. (iop.org)
Toxic and radioactive substances might stick to a kind of fly-paper covered in molecules like the pigments, for instance. (mold-help.org)
The research even raises hope that mushroom-inspired molecules might transport the radioactive isotope caesium-137 around the body and home in on specific tissues in radiotherapy. (mold-help.org)
But it presents an obstacle to using molecules such as norbadione A to deliver radiotherapy, because there is plenty of sodium and potassium in the bloodstream. (mold-help.org)

and radioactive radium was everywhere from cosmetics to watches and therapeutic tonics. (lindahall.org)
I suspended the most radioactive thing I have, a small radium puck from an old classroom set, several inches above the earring. (popsci.com)

Use with caution in patients in whom sodium and potassium levels require to be managed clinically. (medicinenet.com)
The French researchers also find that sodium and potassium interfere with norbadione A's ability to capture caesium. (mold-help.org)
The alkali metals (primarily lithium, sodium, and potassium) should be stored in paraffin or kerosene. (lu.se)

The thyroid gland cannot tell the difference between stable and radioactive iodine and will absorb both. (cdc.gov)

even radioactive compounds like cesium, tritium and plutonium. (smithsonianmag.com)
In addition to radioactive iodine, the body may also be exposed to a radioactive isotope of caesium known as Cesium-137 . (lewrockwell.com)
Potassium orotates can prevent the accumulation of Cesium-137. (lewrockwell.com)
In fact, getting enough potassium from food such as bananas is a good first step at preventing radioactive cesium 137 retention. (lewrockwell.com)

iodine increases levels of potassium chloride by decreasing renal clearance. (medscape.com)

Saturated Solution of Potassium Iodide (SSKI or Lugol's Solution) is not an FDA-approved drug. (cdc.gov)

The FDA does not recommend that consumers proactively stockpile potassium iodine, since at the moment there is no evidence that anyone in the U.S. is at risk of radiation exposure from Fukushima. (time.com)

Attenuation is more likely with technetium-99m ( 99m Tc) than with radioactive thallium 201 (Tl-201). (msdmanuals.com)
Radioactive thallium-201 (Tl-201), which acts as a potassium analog, was the original tracer used in stress testing. (msdmanuals.com)

Workers from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation pack potassium iodide tablets on March 14, 2011, to send to the Swiss embassy in Japan. (medscape.com)
But many residents are still preparing, buying up dried foods, 72-hour survival kits and bottles of kelp tablets, potassium iodide and seaweed. (mv-voice.com)
Potassium iodide tablets are being distributed to prevent the thyroid cancer that results from exposure to radioactive Iodine-131. (socialistaction.org)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said potassium iodide in correct doses can block radioactive iodine in the thyroid and reduces the risk of thyroid cancer in radiation emergencies. (staradvertiser.com)

The number of radioactive decays per second in a given mass of 40K is the number of atoms in that mass, divided by the average lifetime of a 40K atom in seconds. (wikipedia.org)
The number of atoms in one gram of 40K is the Avogadro constant 6.022×1023 mol−1 divided by the atomic weight of potassium-40 (39.96 g/mol), which is about 0.1507×1023 per gram. (wikipedia.org)
To explain what ionizing radiation is, we will start with a discussion of atoms, how they come to be radioactive, and how they give off ionizing radiation. (cdc.gov)
Radioactive atoms that become part of a molecule do not affect the way the molecule behaves in chemical reactions or inside your body. (cdc.gov)
Flanagan pioneered the use of collinear resonant-ionisation spectroscopy (CRIS) with radioactive atoms, where poor efficiency for fluorescent photons is overcome by instead measuring the ionization of atoms induced by multiple laser excitations. (iop.org)
This results in significantly higher sensitivity, allowing measurements to be made on radioactive species produced at much lower yields, approaching tens of atoms per second in online experiments. (iop.org)

What is potassium phosphate/sodium phosphate, and what is it used for? (medicinenet.com)
Potassium phosphate/sodium phosphate is a medication used to correct lower than normal levels of phosphate in the blood (hypophosphatemia) and in the urine, and to acidify the urine. (medicinenet.com)
Potassium phosphate is a combination salt of potassium and phosphorus and sodium is a combination of sodium and phosphorus. (medicinenet.com)
Potassium phosphate/sodium phosphate helps restore normal phosphorus levels in patients deficient in phosphorous. (medicinenet.com)
Potassium phosphate/sodium phosphate may cause a mild laxative effect in some people, particularly in the initial period of therapy. (medicinenet.com)
What are the side effects of potassium phosphate/sodium phosphate? (medicinenet.com)
iodine increases levels of potassium acid phosphate by decreasing renal clearance. (medscape.com)

If you're willing to wait longer, less-radioactive sources work too, even common salt substitute. (popsci.com)

Remember, this is a radioactive mineral and should be stored away from other minerals that are affected by radioactivity and human exposure should be limited. (galleries.com)
One source of exposure is from hazardous waste sites that contain radioactive waste. (cdc.gov)
Potassium Orotate is the best form of potassium to use for radiation exposure. (lewrockwell.com)
The amount of KI that gets into breast milk is not enough to protect breast-fed infants from exposure to radioactive iodine. (life-enthusiast.com)
People not only miles away from the plants in Japan, but those separated from the unfolding crisis by continents and oceans are now worried about exposure to radioactive material. (time.com)
For other exposure, the agency has approved products that can help the body eliminate radioactive elements more quickly, such as calcium-CTPA and zinc DTPA or Prussian blue capsules. (time.com)

Other foods rich in potassium like potatoes also contain radiation, but the idea of comparing radiation levels to bananas is certainly more fun. (wallstreetpit.com)

The FDA said people with multinodular goiter, Graves' disease and autoimmune thyroiditis should use potassium iodide with caution. (staradvertiser.com)

There is so much stable iodine in the KI that the thyroid gland becomes "full" and cannot absorb any more iodine-either stable or radioactive-for the next 24 hours. (cdc.gov)
Still, we want to make sure our thyroids don't absorb radioactive thyroid. (ecochildsplay.com)
Because KI contains so much stable iodine, the thyroid gland becomes "full" and cannot absorb any more iodine, either stable or radioactive for the next 24 hours. (life-enthusiast.com)

The radioactive dosage from consuming one banana is generally agreed to be 10−7 sievert, or 0.1 microsievert, which is 1% of the average American's daily radioactive intake. (wikipedia.org)

Edible mushrooms can mop up radioactive pollution because one of their pigments captures elements such as caesium, say chemists in France. (mold-help.org)
Radioactive caesium is a large component of waste. (mold-help.org)

potassium iodide and amiloride both increase serum potassium. (medscape.com)
potassium iodide and aspirin both increase serum potassium. (medscape.com)
potassium iodide and azilsartan both increase serum potassium. (medscape.com)
potassium iodide and celecoxib both increase serum potassium. (medscape.com)

Hunter FT, Kip AF, Irvine JW (1942) Radioactive tracer studies on arsenic injected as potassium arsenite. (springer.com)
Zhao F-J, Stroud JL, Asaduzzaman Khan M, McGrath SP (2012) Arsenic translocation in rice investigated using radioactive 73 As tracer. (springer.com)

I showed data demonstrating that thyroid hormone levels will rise after the treatment with radioactive iodine. (medscape.com)

Gram i. a solution containing i. and potassium iodide, used in Gram stain. (theodora.com)

Thyroid accumulation of radioactive iodine ( 131 I) increases the risk of developing thyroid cancer , especially in children. (oregonstate.edu)

Understanding how mushrooms mop up radioactive waste suggests clean-up strategies. (mold-help.org)
International Atomic Energy Agency LLW disposal: trends, developments and challenges P. Ormai IAEA, Waste Technology Section International Workshop on the Safe Disposal of Low Level Radioactive Waste, 3-5 Febr. (slideshare.net)

KI cannot protect the body from radioactive elements other than radioactive iodineâ€"if radioactive iodine is not present, taking KI is not protective. (life-enthusiast.com)
This information could be useful in manipulating the mushrooms' affinity for radioactive elements. (mold-help.org)

In his well-known textbook on isotope geology, Gunter Faure explains the various radioactive dating methods, including the so-called isochron method. (creation.com)

Another study from the School of Medicine at the Yokohama City University in Japan found that DMSO offered protective effects for cell destruction, as well as DNA aberrations, in mice exposed to radioactive substances. (lewrockwell.com)

The federal government would also send planes through the plume to analyze the radioactive material in the air. (staradvertiser.com)
Radionuclide imaging uses a special detector (gamma camera) to create an image following injection of radioactive material. (msdmanuals.com)

Consequently, serious damage has been done to the reactor cores and spent fuel rod pools, which have experienced either hydrogen explosions or fires, releasing radioactive steam and smoke. (socialistaction.org)

If radioactive iodine is not present, then taking KI is not protective. (cdc.gov)
But the FDA said potassium iodide is not a general radioactive protective agent. (staradvertiser.com)

Canadian researchers have reported that sea vegetables contain a polysaccharide that selectively binds radioactive strontium to help eliminate it from the body. (ecochildsplay.com)

Reactor No. 3: Its housing experienced a hydrogen explosion and its primary stainless steel containment vessel is ruptured and leaking radioactive steam. (socialistaction.org)

At the Isotope Separator and Accelerator (ISAC) facility of TRIUMF, an Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source is used to charge breed radioactive ion beams before injection into the linear accelerator for post acceleration. (cern.ch)

iodine increases levels of potassium citrate by decreasing renal clearance. (medscape.com)

Because KI acts to block radioactive iodine from being taken into the thyroid gland, it can help protect this gland from injury. (cdc.gov)
However, table salt does not contain enough iodine to block radioactive iodine from getting into your thyroid gland. (life-enthusiast.com)

A contaminated person has radioactive materials on or inside their body. (cdc.gov)
In most cases, once radioactive iodine has entered the body, the thyroid gland quickly absorbs it. (cdc.gov)
KI cannot protect parts of the body other than the thyroid from radioactive iodine. (cdc.gov)
Radioactive iodine may also contaminate the local food supply and get into the body through food or through drink. (ecochildsplay.com)
KI cannot prevent radioactive iodine from entering the body. (life-enthusiast.com)
KI can protect only the thyroid from radioactive iodine, not other parts of the body. (life-enthusiast.com)

It has been proposed that significant core radioactivity (1-2 TW) may be caused by high levels of U, Th, and K. Potassium-40 is the largest source of natural radioactivity in animals including humans. (wikipedia.org)

Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab came with radioactive sources that emitted alpha, beta and gamma radiation . (mentalfloss.com)
Supplementing with nascent atomic iodine helps counteract the effects of radioactive Iodine. (lewrockwell.com)

Officials for Walgreens in Kailua and Longs Drug Stores said they did not know when the stores would have potassium iodide back in stock. (staradvertiser.com)

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