Technetium

The element Technetium 99m Generator is also non-technically referred to as Moly Cow is a specific device that is used to extract the certain metastable isotope which is 99 Tc and this is actually extracted from as source of Molybdenum-99 which is in the process of decay. So the decay product of this Molybdeum-99 is the Technetium 99 and the generator is the middle man that provides laboratories with the element.

The usages of this element is quite varied, it can be used for nuclear and medicinal purposes and in lots of research laboratories as well. It is the short life of the technetium 99 that causes it to be instantly extracted from the generator that uses the Molybdenum to produce the technetium99.

Technetium below Uranium in the periodic element is actually the only element which does not naturally occur, this means that it cannot be found normally existing on earth. The element therefore has to be created through a process of nuclear reaction rather than being found on the earth. Technetium was discovered after there had been years of an empty space in the periodic table with nobody being able to fill up the gap. In 1925 the element was finally discovered and only ten years later was it actually produced for the first time. Isotopes as you must know are different forms of the same element. These isotopes are quite similar to each other but also have properties that are absolutely the opposite, in either case every isotope is differentiated from the other through its difference in mass number.