cesium 137

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noun Chemistry.

the radioactive cesium isotope with mass number 137 and a half-life of 33 years: used for gamma irradiation of certain foods and for radiation therapy.

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Also called radiocesium.

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How to use cesium 137 in a sentence

The levels of radioactive cesium and potassium were elevated, and the source was unmistakable.
Radioactive Tuna Won’t Kill You—but Should We Be Concerned About Mercury?|Daniel Stone|May 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Even at the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986, he pointed out, cesium and iodine were the problem.
The Toxic Fuel Inside Japan's Nuclear Plant|Eve Conant|March 15, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Of particular concern: cesium-137 in the pool, at levels Alvarez estimates at 20 million to 50 million curies.
The Japan Nuke Problem No One's Talking About|Sharon Begley|March 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
It was established that strontium-90 and cesium-137, important in fallout on land, enter the marine cycles only in minute amounts.
Atoms, Nature, and Man|Neal O. Hines

The-137--vol ii- success of this book was prodigious; it was read universally and with the utmost avidity.
Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth|Lucy Aikin