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The Journal of Nuclear Medicine Vol. 9 No. 4 145-147
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Mercury Vaporization from Radioactive Chlormerodrin Solutions

Philip C. Johnson, Leo Wade, Cheryl Mitchell and O. L. Pirtle*

Methodist Hospital and Baylor University College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas

ABSTRACT

1. 203Hg chlormerodrin solutions in the concentrations used by pharmaceutical suppliers release radioactive vapors into the air.
2. This tendency to volatilize causes contamination of the outside of chlormerodrin bottles, laboratory walls and gold jewelry worn in the vicinity.

FOOTNOTES

* Hastings Radiochemical Works, Highway 35, Houston, Texas.






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