HISTORY
𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 agricultural crops.
Strontium is named after the Scottish village of
Strontian (Gaelic Sròn an t-Sìthein), where it was
discovered in the ores of the lead mines.
In 1790, Adair Crawford, a physician engaged in
the preparation of barium, and his colleague William
Cruickshank, recognised that the Strontian ores exhibited
properties that differed from those in other "heavy spars"
sources. It is probable indeed, that the scotch mineral is a
new species of earth which has not hitherto been
sufficiently examined." The physician and mineral collector
Friedrich Gabriel Sulzer analysed together with Johann
Friedrich Blumenbach the mineral from Strontian and
named it strontianite. He also came to the conclusion that it
was distinct from the witherite and contained a new earth
(neue Grunderde).In 1793 Thomas Charles Hope, a
professor of chemistry at the University of Glasgow studied
the mineral and proposed the name strontites. He confirmed
the earlier work of Crawford and recounted: "...
Considering it a peculiar earth I thought it necessary to give
it an name. I have called it Strontites, from the place it was
found; a mode of derivation in my opinion, fully as proper
as any quality it may possess, which is the present fashion."
The element was eventually isolated by Sir Humphry Davy
in 1808 by the electrolysis of a mixture containing
strontium chloride and mercuric oxide, and announced by
him in a lecture to the Royal Society on 30 June 1808. In
keeping with the naming of the other alkaline earths, he
changed the name to strontium.
SR-90
𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚋𝚘𝚕 𝚂𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟹𝟾. 𝙰𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑
𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕, 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚘𝚏𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚛-𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑
𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎.
𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍
𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚒𝚛. 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚑𝚢𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚎𝚜
𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎
𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚌 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚌𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚞𝚖. 𝙸𝚝 𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚜
𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝚌𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍
𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎.
𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚞𝚖-𝟿𝟶 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚘𝚏
𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚞𝚖. 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚞𝚖-𝟿𝟶 𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚗𝚞𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛
𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚞𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛
𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏-𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚞𝚖-𝟿𝟶 (𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚝
𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚏 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚞𝚖 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗
𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚞𝚋𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎) 𝚒𝚜 𝟸𝟿 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜
APPLICATIONS
Industry
Because Sr-90 generates heat as it decays, it is used
as a power source for space vehicles, remote weather
stations, and navigational beacons. It also is used in
industrial gauges
Agricultural
Sr-90 is used as a radioactive tracer in studies of
Medicine
Sr-90 is used in the studies of medicine; At this far, It
is now used in electron tubes to treat eye diseases. In
addition, Sr-90 is applied to treat bone tumors
medically, in a controlled manner.
Health
Since radioactive strontium is taken up into bone, the
bone itself and nearby soft tissues may be damaged
by radiation released over time. Bone marrow is the
most important source of red blood cells, which are
depleted if the strontium-90 level is too high. Some
cancer patients are given injections of radioactive
strontium (89Sr) to destroy cancer tissue in the bone
marrow.
ADVERSE EFFECTS
Strontium-90 behaves like calcium in the human
body and tends to deposit in bone and blood-forming tissue
(bone marrow). Thus, strontium-90 is referred to as a "bone
seeker," and exposure will increase the risk for several
diseases including bone cancer, cancer of the soft tissue
near the bone, and leukemia. Risks from exposure depend
on the concentration of strontium-90 in air, water, and soil. At
higher exposures (by drinking, inhaling or eating), the cancer
risks may be elevated. The magnitude of this health risk
would depend on exposure conditions, such as the amount
ingested.
In animal studies, researchers reported cancers of
the bone, nose and lung, as well as leukemia. Animals
receiving high doses of radiation to the skin developed skin
and bone cancer.