calcium-45

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calcium-45 (uncountable)

(physics) A radioactive isotope of calcium, ⁴⁵₂₀Ca, having twenty protons and twenty-five neutrons, and a half-life of 165 days; it is used as a tracer in studying calcium metabolism

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