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Q.Anaemia can be diagnosed by :

(a) 26Fe59{}_{26}Fe^{59}
(b) 15P31{}_{15}P^{31}
(c) 11Na24{}_{11}Na^{24}
(d) 15P32{}_{15}P^{32}
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Concept understanding — Applications of Radioisotopes

Beyond radiocarbon dating, radioisotopes serve several other practical purposes. In electricity generation, controlled nuclear fission inside a reactor (fissile material plus a moderator to slow neutrons, cadmium control rods to regulate the chain reaction, and a coolant loop to carry heat to a steam turbine) offers a clean, carbon-free, extremely energy-dense alternative to burning fossil fuels -- fissioning just 1 gram of uranium-235 releases energy equivalent to burning about 3 tons of coal. In medicine, short-lived diagnostic isotopes (e.g. chromium-51 for spleen imaging) limit a patient's radiation exposure during imaging, while longer-acting therapeutic isotopes (e.g. phosphorus-32 for leukemia, cobalt-60 and iodine-131 for cancer treatment) are used to destroy abnormal cells. In agr …

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