Rachel Fell (asker) Aug 5, 2020:

Thank you Liz, Karen and others.

claude-andrew Aug 5, 2020:

@Chris I shall pass that teaspoon gag on to my son, who has just bought some gallium. Note: gallium is not toxic, though its salts are.

chris collister Aug 4, 2020:

@Bashiqa Make a teaspoon mould, pour in gallium and put it in the fridge. Give to wife to stir tea, then respond with "gallic" shrug...

Bashiqa Aug 4, 2020:

@ CC Fully agree. Thinking about buying some as it is a solid but melts at hand heat and then behaves like mercury but without the poisoning bit.

chris collister Aug 4, 2020:

It's amazing what you can learn when translating! I now know that gallium (BTW SI convention is for "gallium" (lower case) or "Ga") has 31 isotopes. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_gallium.
See also: "PRN (pureté radionucléide) - rapport exprimé en pourcentage, de l’activité du radionucléide considéré à l’activité totale de la source." Though "faisant un PRN" seems a bit irregular, or probably just shorthand.

Karen Tkaczyk Aug 4, 2020:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12234596/#:~:text= Gallium-66 (T(1/2) = 9.49 h) is an intermediate-lived radionuclide that has potential for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of biological processes with intermediate to slow target tissue uptake.

Bashiqa Aug 4, 2020:

@ Karen Check out that it does actually exist.

Karen Tkaczyk Aug 4, 2020:

Agree with Liz That makes complete sense.

Karen Tkaczyk Aug 4, 2020:

I'm stumped Thought about PRN and got nowhere, sorry.

Bashiqa Aug 4, 2020:

@ rachel Does Ga 66 exist?

Bashiqa Aug 4, 2020:

@ Liz Gallium 68 possibly and not 66

liz askew Aug 4, 2020:

PRN : Pureté radionucléidique.

Karen Tkaczyk Aug 4, 2020:

Gallium 66 The element

Rachel Fell (asker) Aug 4, 2020:

Hi Liz, Ga-66 or Gallium-66

liz askew Aug 4, 2020:

got it!

liz askew Aug 4, 2020:

What is "Ga66" I can't find it anywhere