Technetium-99m decay

Case contributed by Craig Hacking
Diagnosis certain
Diagram

Decay scheme for Tc-99m.

Case Discussion

Tc-99m decays with gamma decay, producing a gamma particle (γ) with energy 140 keV.

The half life (t1/2) of Tc-99m is 6.04 hours.

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