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tech·ne·ti·um T0077300 (tĕk-nē′shē-əm, -shəm)n. Symbol Tc A silvery-gray radioactive metal, the first synthetically produced element, having isotopes with masses ranging from 85 to 118 and half-lives up to 4.2 million years. It is principally used as a tracer in a variety of medical applications. It is a remarkable inhibitor of corrosion in steel, but this use is limited because of radioactivity hazards. Atomic number 43; melting point 2,157°C; boiling point 4,265°C; specific gravity 11.50 (calculated); valence 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7. See Periodic Table. [From Greek tekhnētos, artificial, from tekhnāsthai, to make by art, from tekhnē, art; see technical.]technetium (tɛkˈniːʃɪəm) n (Elements & Compounds) a silvery-grey metallic element, artificially produced by bombardment of molybdenum by deuterons: used to inhibit corrosion in steel. The radioisotope technetium-99m, with a half-life of six hours, is used in radiotherapy. Symbol: Tc; atomic no: 43; half-life of most stable isotope, 97Tc: 2.6 × 106 years; valency: 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, or 7; relative density: 11.50 (calculated); melting pt: 2204°C; boiling pt: 4265°C[C20: New Latin, from Greek tekhnētos manmade, from tekhnasthai to devise artificially, from tekhnē skill]tech•ne•ti•um (tɛkˈni ʃi əm, -ʃəm) n. a synthetic element obtained in the fission of uranium or by the bombardment of molybdenum. Symbol: Tc; at. wt.: 99; at. no.: 43; sp. gr.: 11.5. [1947; < Greek technēt(ós) artificial, literally, made, v. adj. of technâsthai, derivative of téchnē art, craft] tech·ne·ti·um (tĕk-nē′shē-əm) Symbol Tc A silvery-gray, radioactive metallic element. It was the first element to be artificially made, and it is produced naturally in extremely small amounts during the radioactive decay of uranium. Technetium is used to remove corrosion from steel. Atomic number 43. See Periodic Table.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | technetium - a crystalline metallic element not found in nature; occurs as one of the fission products of uraniumatomic number 43, Tcmetal, metallic element - any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. | TranslationstechnetiumenUK
technetium (tĕknē`shēəm) [Gr. technetos=artificial], artificially produced radioactive chemical element; symbol Tc; at. no. 43; mass no. of most stable isotope 98; m.p. 2,200°C;; b.p. 4,877°C;; sp. gr. 11.5 (calculated); valence +4, +6, or +7. Technetium is a radioactive silver-gray metal. In some of its chemical properties it resembles rheniumrhenium , metallic chemical element; symbol Re; at. no. 75; at. wt. 186.207; m.p. about 3,180°C;; b.p. about 5,625°C;; sp. gr. 21.02 at 20°C;; valence −1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6, or +7. Rhenium is a very dense, high-melting, silver-white metal. ..... Click the link for more information. , the element below it in Group 7 of the periodic tableperiodic table, chart of the elements arranged according to the periodic law discovered by Dmitri I. Mendeleev and revised by Henry G. J. Moseley. In the periodic table the elements are arranged in columns and rows according to increasing atomic number (see the table entitled ..... Click the link for more information. . It tarnishes slowly when exposed to moist air. Although it is not attacked by hydrochloric acid, it dissolves in concentrated sulfuric or nitric acid and in aqua regia. The pure metal may be prepared by chemical reduction of certain of its compounds with hydrogen gas. The most stable isotope, technetium-98, has a half-life of 6.6 million years; most of the other 30 known isotopes are much less stable. Technetium-95m is a gamma-ray emitter with a half-life of 61 days that is used in radioactive tracer studies. The most useful isotope of technetium, however, is technetium-99m, which is used in many medical radioactive isotope tests because of its short half-life (6.01 hours), the energy of the gamma radiation it emits, and its ability to bind chemically to many biologically active molecules. Potassium technetate, KTcO4, has found some use in alloys with iron and steel; the addition of a small amount renders the alloy highly resistant to corrosion. This use is limited by the radioactivity of the element. Technetium was once very rare and expensive but is now obtained in quantity from nuclear reactor fission products. Although the spectra of some stars show that they contain technetium, the naturally occurring element has not been found on earth. It is called technetium because it was the first element to be prepared synthetically. Its existence was predicted from the periodic table. Discovery of the element in nature was erroneously claimed in 1925 by the German chemists I. W. and W. K. Noddack, who called it masurium. The element was discovered in 1937 by C. Perrier and E. G. Segrè of Italy in a sample of molybdenum that was bombarded with deuterons in a cyclotron at the Univ. of California at Berkeley and sent to them by E. O. Lawrence. Technetium Tc, a radioactive chemical element of group VII of Mendeleev’s periodic system. Atomic number, 43; atomic weight, 98.9062; a malleable, ductile metal. D. I. Mendeleev predicted the existence of an element with atomic number 43. Technetium was prepared artificially in 1937 by the Italian scientists E. Segré and C. Perrier during the deuteron bombardment of molybdenum nuclei. The name comes from the Greek technetos, meaning “artificial.” Technetium has no stable isotopes. Only two of the approximately 20 radioisotopes are of practical importance: 99Tc and 99mTc, having half-lives of 2.12 × 105 years and 6.04 hours, respectively. The element occurs naturally in negligible quantities—10–10 g per ton of pitchblende. Physical and chemical properties. Metallic technetium in powder form is gray, resembling Re, Mo, and Pt; the consolidated metal (ingots from molten metal, foil, wire) is silvery gray. In the crystalline state, technetium has a hexagonal close-packed structure, with a = 2.735 angstroms (Å) and c = 4.391 Å; in layers less than 150 Å thick, the lattice is face-centered cubic (a= 3.68 ± 0.0005 Å). Technetium (hexagonal lattice) has a density of 11.487 g/cm3, a melting point of 2200° ± 50°C, a boiling point of 4700°C, and an electrical resistivity of 69 × 10–6 ohm-cm (100°C). The element’s transition temperature to the superconducting state is 8.24°K. Technetium is paramagnetic, with a magnetic susceptibility of 2.7 × 10–4 at 25°C. The configuration of the outer electron subshells of the Tc atom is 4d55s2. The atomic radius is 1.358 Å, and the ionic radius of Tc7+ is 0.56 Å. With regard to chemical properties, Tc resembles Mn and particularly Re; in compounds it exhibits oxidation states from –1 to +7. The most stable and thoroughly investigated Tc compounds are those in which the oxidation state is +7. Technetium and its compounds react with oxygen to yield the oxides Tc2O7and TcO2 and with chlorine and fluorine to yield the halides TcX6, TcX5, and TcX4, where X is the halogen. The formation of oxyhalides, such as TcO3X, is also possible. Technetium and its compounds react with sulfur to form the sulfides Tc2S7 and TcS2. The element forms pertechnic acid (HTcO4) and salts, or per-technetates, of the acid with the formula MTcO4, where M is a metal. In addition, technetium forms carbonyl, complex, and organometallic compounds. In the electromotive series, technetium is positioned to the right of hydrogen; it does not react with hydrochloric acid of any concentration, but it readily dissolves in nitric and sulfuric acids, aqua regia, hydrogen peroxide, and bromine water. Preparation. By-products of the atomic industry are the primary source of technetium. The 99Tc yield upon fission of 235U is approximately 6 percent. Technetium in the form of pertechne-tates, oxides, and sulfides is obtained from mixtures of fission products using extraction with organic solvents, ion-exchange methods, and precipitation of weakly soluble derivatives. The metal is obtained either by the reduction of NH4TcO4, TcO2, and Tc2S7 with hydrogen at 600°–1000°C or by electrolysis. Use. Technetium holds great promise for use in technology; it can be used as a catalyst and as a high-temperature and superconducting material. Technetium compounds are effective corrosion inhibitors. The isotope 99mTc is used in medicine as a source of gamma radiation. Since technetium is hazardous because of radiation, all work with the element requires special airtight equipment. REFERENCESKotegov, K. V., O. N. Pavlov, and V. P. Shvedov. Tekhnetsii. Moscow, 1965. “Poluchenie 99Tc v vide metalla i ego soedinenii iz otkhodov atomnoi promyshlennosti.” In Proizvodstvo izotopov. Moscow, 1973.A. F. KUZINA technetium[tek′nē·shē·əm] (chemistry) A transition element, symbol Tc, atomic number 43; derived from uranium and plutonium fission products; chemically similar to rhenium and manganese; isotope 99Tc has a half-life of 200,000 years; used to absorb slow neutrons in reactor technology. (metallurgy) Silver-gray metal with a high melting point, slightly magnetic. technetium a silvery-grey metallic element, artificially produced by bombardment of molybdenum by deuterons: used to inhibit corrosion in steel. The radioisotope technetium-99m, with a half-life of six hours, is used in radiotherapy. Symbol: Tc; atomic no.: 43; half-life of most stable isotope, 97Tc: 2.6 × 106 years; valency: 0, 2, 4, 5, 6, or 7; relative density: 11.50 (calculated); melting pt.: 2204°C; boiling pt.: 4265°C technetiumenUK
technetium [tek-ne´she-um] a chemical element, atomic number 43, atomic weight 99, symbol Tc. (See Appendix 6.)technetium 99m the most frequently used radioisotope in nuclear medicine, a gamma emitter having a half-life of 6.01 hours.tech·ne·ti·um (Tc), (tek-nē'shē-ŭm), An artificial radioactive element, atomic no. 43, atomic wt. 99, produced in 1937 by bombardment of molybdenum by deuterons; also a product of the fission of 235U; used extensively as a radiographic tracer in imaging studies of internal organs. [G. technetos, artificial] tech·ne·ti·um (Tc) (tek-nē'shē-ŭm) A radioisotope of technetium that decays by isomeric transition, emitting an essentially monoenergetic gamma ray of 142 keV with a half-life of 6.01 hr. It is usually obtained from a radionuclide generator of molybdenum 99 and is used to prepare radiopharmaceuticals for scanning the brain, parotid, thyroid, lungs, blood pool, liver, heart, spleen kidney, lacrimal drainage apparatus, bone, and bone marrow. [G. technetos, artificial]technetium An artificial radioactive element that can be incorporated into various molecules for use in RADIONUCLIDE SCANNING.TechnetiumA radioactive isotope frequently used in radionuclide scanning of the heart and other organs. It is produced during nuclear fission reactions.Mentioned in: Multiple-Gated Acquisition (MUGA) Scan, Salivary Gland Scan, Technetium Heart ScanFinancialSeeTCAcronymsSeetake caretechnetiumenUK Related to technetium: technetium 99mSynonyms for technetiumnoun a crystalline metallic element not found in natureSynonymsRelated Words |