Fluorine-18 is a radioactive isotope used as a medical tracer in PET scans. It has a short half-life of approximately 110 minutes.
Explain why the cyclotron producing Fluorine-18 must be located close to the hospital where the scans are carried out.
90 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Physics 6.3 Nuclear equations and decay. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.