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  1. Radioactive isotope | Description, Uses, & Examples | Britannica

    A radioactive isotope, also known as a radioisotope, radionuclide, or radioactive nuclide, is any of several species of the same chemical element with different masses whose nuclei are …

  2. Fort Collins | Historic City, Gateway to Rockies | Britannica

    Oct 19, 2025 · Fort Collins, city, seat (1868) of Larimer county, northern Colorado, U.S. It lies along the Cache la Poudre River (the state’s “Trout Route”), in the eastern foothills of the Front …

  3. Cobalt-60 | Uses & Radiation | Britannica

    A radioactive isotope, also known as a radioisotope, radionuclide, or radioactive nuclide, is any of several species of the same chemical element with different masses whose nuclei are …

  4. How Radioactive Isotopes are Used in Medicine | Britannica

    Radioactive isotopes, or radioisotopes, are species of chemical elements that are produced through the natural decay of atoms.

  5. Carbon-14 | Dating, Mass, & Half-life | Britannica

    Carbon-14, the longest-lived radioactive isotope of carbon, whose decay allows the accurate dating of archaeological artifacts from 500 to 50,000 years old. Carbon-14 has a half-life of …

  6. How are radioisotopes used in medical diagnosis and treatment?

    Radioisotopes are unstable forms of chemical elements that form as the result of spontaneous radioactive decay. As diagnostic agents, radioisotopes commonly are used as tracers.

  7. What is a radioactive isotope? | Britannica

    A radioactive isotope, also known as a radioisotope, radionuclide, or radioactive nuclide, is any of several species of the same chemical element with different masses whose nuclei are …

  8. Radioactivity | Definition, Types, Applications, & Facts | Britannica

    Oct 24, 2025 · The rate at which a radioactive element decays is expressed in terms of its half-life; i.e., the time required for one-half of any given quantity of the isotope to decay.

  9. Colorado State University - Britannica

    Oct 21, 2025 · Colorado State University, public, coeducational institution of higher learning in Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S. It is a land-grant university and a part of Colorado’s state …

  10. Isotopic tracer | Radioactive, Stable, Trace Elements | Britannica

    The movement of a chemical element under study may be traced by adding a radioactive isotope (or radioisotope) of the same element. The radiations emitted by such a radioisotope can be …