Iodine-27
This is the number of protons found in Iodine-127.
What is 53?
This is the number of neutrons found in Iodine-130.
What is 77?
This is the amount of time required for half of the radioactive nuclei in a sample to decay. For Iodine-130, it is 12.36 hours.
What is half-life?
This stable iodine compound can be used during certain radiation emergencies to help protect the thyroid from radioactive iodine.
What is Potassium iodide (KI)
This type of radioactive decay occurs when Iodine-130 changes into Xenon-130.
What is Beta-minus (β⁻) decay?
This property of Iodine-130 allows researchers to detect and trace its movement when studying iodine uptake by the thyroid.
What is radioactivity?