Production
Phosphorus-32 has important uses in medicine, biochemistry and molecular biology. Its short half-life means useful quantities have to be produced synthetically. Phosphorus-32 can be generated synthetically by irradiation of sulfur-32 with moderately fast neutrons as shown in this nuclear equation:
| 32 16S |
+ | n | → | 32 15P+ |
p |
The sulfur-32 nucleus captures the neutron and emits a proton, reducing the atomic number by one while maintaining the mass number of 32.
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