Lutetium Essays

  • The Impacts of Mining and Processing Rare Earth Elements

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    Rare earth elements allow for the conveniences shared by modern society. It is the critical components that have made the advancements in technology possible. Its versatility expands thought different media that include: renewable energy, geographic information systems, national security, missile guidance, computer technology, hybrid vehicles, plastics, medical technology and more. All population throughout the world use it regardless if they know it or not. The mining and process of rare earths

  • Brachytherapy: Radiation And Cancer Treatment

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    radioisotope lutetium- 177, that has a half life of six days. This seems promising because its life span allows it to remain still “hot” when it reaches the hospital. However, the problem with this is that because of its half- life, doctors are concerned that it hangs around, causing problems in the future for patients. Luckily,”But now Konstantin Zhernosekov of the Technical University of Munich, Germany, and colleagues have produced a radioisotope that appears even more promising than lutetium-177: terbium

  • The Female Reproductive System

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    eggs are produces, present in humans and other vertebrates as a pair. Estrogen is a group of steroid hormones that promote the development and maintained of female characteristics of the body. Progesterone is a steroid hormone released by the corpus lutetium that stimulates the uterus to prepare for pregnancy. The Male Reproductive System parts are testes, which is an organ that produces spermatozo... ... middle of paper ... ...n organic fluid. Sperm is composed of 3 main parts are the head, the

  • Chlorine Essay

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    Chlorine is a greenish yellow gas which combines directly with nearly all elements. Chlorine is a respiratory irritant. The gas irritates the mucous membranes and the liquid burns the skin. As little as 3.5 ppm can be detected as an odour, and 1000 ppm is likely to be fatal after a few deep breaths. It was used as a war gas in 1915. It is not found in a free state in nature, but is found commonly as NaCl (solid or seawater). Table: basic information about and classifications of chlorine. • Name:

  • Targeted Radionuclide Therapy

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    Targeted Radionuclide Therapy Introduction Radionuclide therapy is the use of ionizing radiations in the management of cancer. The primary goal of the therapy is to kill the cancerous cells completely or cause damage to the DNA of the tumor cells, thereby preventing these cells from undergoing further development, division, and growth (Bolus & Brady, 2011). Radionuclide therapy can have a curative effect if the target cancer cells are localized to a specific region of the body and have not spread

  • Importance of Periodic Table Essay

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    The periodic table was the most important development in the field of chemistry. Do you agree? The periodic table was the most important development in the field of chemistry and is the most important chemistry reference there is. The periodic table played a crucial part in the development in the field of chemistry as it allowed for a way of organising the elements so that it was possible to make predictions about both their chemical and physical properties based on the elements’ position in the

  • Essay On Method Validation

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    HOKLAS technical criteria of method validation: Quantifying arsenic, cadmium, mercury & lead in food Objective: Develop a method validation for quantifying arsenic, cadmium, mercury & lead in food. The standard method is BS EN 15763:2009 and BS EN 13805:2002. The method validation steps follow ISO/IEC 17025:2005 The background information of method validation in ISO 17015: Definition of the method validation From ISO 1702 [1], Validation is the confirmation by examination and the provision of objective