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Half-life: 65 hours
Main emission lines: 140, 181, 366, 760keV
Molybdenum-99 is used in special generators to produce single photon emitting radionuclide Tc-99m. Mo-99 has a half-life of 66 hours, it can be delivered to hospitals as a generator, where it can be used as the source of Tc-99m.
Tc-99m is used as a radiochemical for medical diagnosis, such as brain tumors. Many pharmaceutical preparations with this isotope are known for examination of various organs.
