Radium-223

Radium-223, 223Ra
General
Symbol223Ra
Namesradium-223, 223Ra, Ra-223,
actinium X, AcX
Protons (Z)88
Neutrons (N)135
Nuclide data
Half-life (t1/2)11.43±0.05 d
Isotope mass223.0185007(22) Da
Parent isotopes227Th
223Fr
Decay products219Rn
Decay modes
Decay modeDecay energy (MeV)
α5.979[1]
Isotopes of radium
Complete table of nuclides

Radium-223 (223Ra, Ra-223) is an isotope of radium with an 11.4-day half-life. It was discovered in 1905 by T. Godlewski,[2][3][4] a Polish chemist from Kraków, and was historically known as actinium X (AcX).[5][6] Radium-223 dichloride is an alpha particle-emitting radiotherapy drug that mimics calcium and forms complexes with hydroxyapatite at areas of increased bone turnover.[7] The principal use of radium-223, as a radiopharmaceutical to treat metastatic cancers in bone, takes advantage of its chemical similarity to calcium, and the short range of the alpha radiation it emits.[8]

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