Caesium-137

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title: Caesium-137
text: Caesium-137 (ⁱ⁳⁷55Cs), cesium-137 (US), or radiocaesium, is a radioactive isotope of caesium that is formed as one of the more common fission products by the nuclear fission of uranium-235 and other fissionable isotopes in nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons. Trace quantities also originate from spontaneous fission of uranium-238. It is among the most problematic of the short-to-medium-lifetime fission products. Caesium-137 has a relatively low boiling point of 671 °C (1,240 °F) and easily beco
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description: Radioactive isotope of caesium
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date created: 2005-11-06T12:06:02Z
date modified: 2024-09-14T07:53:55Z
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