cobalt-60

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cobalt-60 [′kō‚bȯlt ′siks·tē]

(nuclear physics)

A radioisotope of cobalt, symbol⁶⁰Co, having a mass number of 60; emits gamma rays and has many medical and industrial uses; the most commonly used isotope for encapsulated radiation sources.

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No references found			The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a statement that a plane carrying 36 Cobalt-60 sources -- each one radioactive enough to kill a person within minutes -- arrived in Russia from Lebanon on August 30. IAEA airlifts deadly cobalt out of Lebanon by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman) Aa The airlifted materials included 36 Cobalt-60 sources -- each source radioactive enough to kill a person within minutes if directly exposed. Radioactive materials removed from Lebanon by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon) The Cobalt-60 came from an irradiator used in an agricultural project 10 years ago. Nuclear Material Removed from Lebanon by Cihan News Agency (CNA)			cob cob wall cobaea vine Cobain, Kurt cobalamin Cobalamins Cobalt Cobalt Alloys cobalt bloom cobalt blue cobalt bomb cobalt bromide cobalt chloride cobalt glance cobalt nitrate cobalt ocher Cobalt Ores cobalt oxide cobalt potassium nitrite cobalt pyrites cobalt sulfate cobalt therapy cobalt trifluoride cobalt ultramarine cobalt yellow cobalt-60 cobalt-beam therapy cobalt-molybdate desulfurization cobaltic fluoride Cobaltite cobaltocalcite cobaltomenite cobaltous acetate cobaltous bromide cobaltous chloride cobaltous fluorosilicate cobaltous nitrate Coban Cobán Cobb County Cobb's disease Cobb, Frank Irving Cobb, Howell Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Lee J. Cobb, Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Ty cobber Cobbett Cobbett, William cobble			cobalt nutritional deficiency cobalt nutritional deficiency cobalt nutritional deficiency cobalt ocher Cobalt Ores Cobalt oxide cobalt poisoning cobalt poisoning cobalt poisoning cobalt potassium nitrite cobalt pyrites Cobalt red Cobalt red Cobalt Scar cobalt sulfate Cobalt therapy Cobalt therapy Cobalt therapy Cobalt Thiocyanate Active Substances cobalt trifluoride Cobalt Tungsten Phosphide cobalt ultramarine cobalt ultramarine Cobalt yellow Cobalt yellow Cobalt(II) chloride Cobalt(II) nitrate cobalt-57 cobalt-57 cobalt-57 cobalt-60 Cobalt-60 (isotope) Cobalt-60 (isotope) Cobalt-60 isotope Cobalt-60 isotope cobalt-beam therapy cobalt-blue cobalt-blue cobalt-chromium alloy cobalt-chromium alloy cobalt-chromium alloy cobalt-chromium alloy Cobalt-Mediated Catalytic Chain-Transfer Polymerization cobalt-molybdate desulfurization cobaltic cobaltic cobaltic cobaltic fluoride Cobaltiferous cobaltine cobaltine cobaltite cobaltite cobaltocalcite cobaltomenite cobaltous cobaltous cobaltous cobaltous acetate cobaltous bromide Cobaltous chloride

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