All isotopes of Technetium must be handled carefully.
Several anionic Technetium halides are known.
Only minute traces of Technetium occur naturally in the Earth's crust.
Metallic Technetium slowly tarnishes in moist air[27]
and, in powder form, burns in oxygen.
The first new atom made by man was Technetium, which has 43 protons.
Nearly all Technetium is produced synthetically,
and only minute amounts are found in nature.
Technetium also has numerous nuclear isomers,
which are isotopes with one or more excited nucleons.
Technetium plays no natural biological role
and is not normally found in the human body.
Nearly all Technetium is produced synthetically,
and only minute amounts are found in the Earth's crust.
Technetium forms numerous organic complexes,
which are relatively well-investigated because of their importance for nuclear medicine.
Since that discovery, there have been many searches in terrestrial materials for natural sources of Technetium.
A Technetium complex[note 3] with an organic ligand(shown in the figure on
right) is commonly used in nuclear medicine.
The radioactive nature of Technetium(3 MBq per liter at the concentrations required)
makes this corrosion protection impractical in almost all situations.
As noted, the radioactive nature of Technetium(3 MBq/L at the concentrations required)
makes this corrosion protection impractical in almost all situations.
One theory holds that the pertechnetate
reacts with the steel surface to form a layer of Technetium dioxide which prevents further corrosion;
In 1937, Technetium(specifically the Technetium-97 isotope)
became the first predominantly artificial element to be produced, hence its namefrom the Greek τεχνητός, meaning"artificial",
The bond length between Technetium atoms, 303 pm,[42][43] is significantly larger than the distance between two atoms in metallic Technetium(272 pm).
As noted, the radioactive nature of Technetium(3 MBq per liter at the concentrations required)
makes this corrosion protection impractical in almost all situations.
The problem was exacerbated by the mutually-enhanced solvent extraction of Technetium and zirconium at the previous stage,[28] and required a process modification.
This complex has a coordination number of 9(meaning that the Tc atom has nine neighbors),
which is the highest for a Technetium complex.
This complex has a coordination number of 9(meaning that the Technetium atom has nine neighbors), which is the highest for a Technetium complex.
In 1937, Technetium(specifically the Technetium-97 isotope)
became the first predominantly artificial element to be produced, hence its namefrom the Greek τεχνητός, meaning"synthetic or artificial",
Every Technetium atom makes six bonds,
and the remaining valence electrons can be saturated by one axial and two bridging ligand halogen atoms such as chlorine or bromine.
Because no isotope of Technetium has a half-life longer than 4.2 million years(Technetium-98),
the 1952 detection of Technetium in red giants helped to prove that stars can produce heavier elements.
No isotope of Technetium has a half-life longer than 4.2 million years(98Tc),
so its detection in red giants in 1952 helped bolster the theory that stars can produce heavier elements.
Because no isotope of Technetium has a half-life longer than 4.2 million years(Technetium-98),
its detection in 1952 in red giants, which are billions of years old, helped bolster the theory that stars can produce heavier elements.
Because no isotope of Technetium has a half-life longer than 4.2 million years(Technetium-98),
its detection in red giants in 1952, which are billions of years old, helped bolster the theory that stars can produce heavier elements.
Because no isotope of Technetium has a half-life longer than 4.2 million years(Technetium-98),
the 1952 detection of Technetium in red giants, which are billions of years old, helped to prove that stars can produce heavier elements.