Cobalt 60

Definition: Cobalt 60

Cobalt 60

Noun

1. A radioactive isotope of cobalt with mass number 60; a source of exceptionally intense gamma rays; used in radiation therapy.

Photo Album: Cobalt 60

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	Shows photo of person receiving Cobalt 60 cancer therapy. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Cobalt 60

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Cobalt 60 may also be disposed of as a radioactive waste. (references)
		Over 100 such facilities are currently licensed, along with at least that many medical radiation treatment centers, and bone marrow transplant centers (which also use Cobalt 60 to irradiate patients). (references)
		Is waste storage or transport a problem? Cobalt 60 is manufactured in a commercial nuclear reactor, by exposing non-radioactive cobalt to intense radiation in the reactor core. Cesium 137 is a by-product of the manufacture of weapons-grade radioactive substances. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Cobalt 60

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Anagrams: Cobalt 60

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "0-6-a-b-c-l-o-t"
	-2 letters: cobalt.
	-3 letters: bloat, octal.
	-4 letters: alto, blat, bloc, blot, boat, bola, bolt, bota, calo, clot, coal, coat, cola, colt, loca, lota, taco, talc, tola.
	-5 letters: abo, act, alb, alt, bal, bat, boa, bot, cab, cat, cob, col, cot, lab, lac, lat, lob, lot, oat, oca, tab, tao.
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