Radioiron


[rey-dee-oh-ahy-ern] /ˌreɪ di oʊˈaɪ ərn/

noun, Chemistry.
1.
the radioactive isotope of , with atomic weight 59 and a half-life of 46 days: used chiefly as a tracer in biochemistry.

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