What is an isotope?
General
Description
Originally broadcast as a segment of the television program Johns Hopkins science review on April 21, 1952 from the studios of WAAM in Baltimore, Md. Black and white. Lynn Poole, producer; Paul Kane, director; Ted Jaffee, narrators; produced by WAAM television station in Baltimore, Md. for the Dumont Network. Lynn Poole, Robert Ballentine, presenters. Digitized in 2003.
Abstract
To show how isotopes can be used to locate elements in the body, Dr. Robert Ballentine drinks radioactive iodine 131 at the start of the program. Later he uses a Geiger counter to show the level of radioactivity in his stomach and thyroid, where it accumulated. Such a tracer can be used in biological research and as a medical diagnostic tool. Dr. Ballentine further describes the characteristics of isotopes, the Brookhaven Pile at Brookhaven National Laboratories, and how isotopes are obtained.
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Dates
Date Published
1952-04-21
Publisher
Digital Publisher
Language
Identifiers
OCLC Number
53669540
Collection Number
COLL-0008
Resources
Resource Type
Moving Image
Extent
00:29:40hh:mm:ss
Contributor
Broadcaster (brd): Du Mont Television Network
Director (drt): Kane, Paul
Narrator (nrt): Jaffee, Ted
Production personnel (prd): Ballentine, Robert
Production personnel (prd): Poole, Lynn
Producer (pro): Poole, Lynn
Producer (pro): WAAM (Television station : Baltimore, Md.)
Copyright and Use
Copyright and Use
Copyright Not Evaluated
System
Access Rights
Public digital access
Model
Video
Unique ID
7f52040b-a8ed-4046-8dae-9816a0c87116