F-18, also referred to as Fludeoxyglucose is a radiopharmaceutical that is used in imaging, such as PET scans. The half-life for F-18 is 1.828 hours. a. What is the half-life for F-18 in minutes? b. What is the half-life for F-18 in seconds? c. Determine the identity of Y in tho
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![4. F-18, also referred to as Fludeoxyglucose is a radiopharmaceutical that is used in medical
imaging, such as PET scans. The half-life for F-18 is 1.828 hours.
a. What is the half-life for F-18 in minutes?
b. What is the half-life for F-18 in seconds?
c. Determine the identity of X in the nuclear equation below:
1gF –
→ %0+X
18
d. Based on your findings from part (c) above, determine if F-18 undergoes alpha decay,
beta decay, or gamma ray emission?
e. Based on your answer to part (d) above, how can this type of radiation be stopped? In
other words, what can one do to protect themselves from this type of radiation and
what kind of substance (barrier) can be used to stop this type of radiation?
f. Based on the half-life of F-18, how many half-lives have to pass for 200 mg sample
of F-18 to decay down to 12.5 mg?
g. Differentiate between acute and chronic radiation sickness.
h. If the wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum is 575 nm, what is this wavelength
in meters?
i. Based on your answer to part (h) above, in what region of the electromagnetic
spectrum does this wavelength fall in (if in visible region then specify the color)?
j. Based on your answer to part (i) above, would this type of radiation be considered
high or low energy on the electromagnetic spectrum?
k. Based on your answer to part (i) above, would this type of radiation be considered
very long or very short wavelengths or neither on the electromagnetic spectrum?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F45f0a6f4-eea7-4d58-b286-0d23269f39fa%2F750ed1d6-588a-4b22-b364-eeb9b6d904e6%2Ft0u4xp_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
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