Technetium Can Be Produced in a Nuclear Reactor for Medical

question 78

Multiple Choice

Technetium can be produced in a nuclear reactor for medical applications and is given the symbol ^99mTc. What does the m stand for?

• A) microstate
• B) metastable excited state
• C) microstable excited state
• D) medical isotope
• E) massive isotope

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