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The radium-223 isotope is made artificially from a generator containing actinium-227, similar to preparing technetium-99 m from molybdenum-99 (see: technetium).
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Sanz, J., Tomasa, O., Jimenez-Franco, A., Sidki-Rius, N. (2022). Radium (Ra) [Z = 88]. In: Elements and Mineral Resources. Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85889-6_42
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