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32.1 Exercise 5

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The purpose of producing 99Mo^{\text{99}} \text{Mo} (usually by neutron activation of natural molybdenum, as in the preceding problem) is to produce 99mTc.^{\text{99m}} \text{Tc}. Using the rules, verify that the β−\beta^{- } decay of 99Mo^{\text{99}} \text{Mo} produces 99mTc^{\text{99m}} \text{Tc}. (Most 99mTc^{\text{99m}} \text{Tc} nuclei produced in this decay are left in a metastable excited state denoted 99mTc^{\text{99m}} \text{Tc}.)

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