Tellurium-124

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Tellurium-124 or ¹²⁴Te is a stable isotope of tellurium. Its natural abundace is 4.74%, making it the 5^th most abundant isotope of tellurium. Tellurium has a total of 8 stable isotopes and many unstable.

[edit] Uses

Tellurium-124 can be used as a starting material in the production of radionuclides by a cyclotron or other particle accelerators. Some common radionuclides that can be produced from tellurium-124 are Iodine-123 and Iodine-124.

[edit] See also

• Tellurium
• Isotopes of tellurium