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| has gloss | eng: Iodine-125 (125I) is a radioisotope of iodine which has uses in biological assays and in radiation therapy to treat prostate cancer and brain tumors. Its half-life is around 60 days and it emits gamma-rays with maximum energies of 35 keV, some of which are internally converted to x-rays. 125I is created by the electron capture decay of 125Xe, which is a synthetic isotope of Xenon, itself created by neutron capture of the slightly radioactive 124Xe, which occurs naturally with an abundance of around 0.1%. Because of the synthetic production route of 125I and its short half-life, the natural abundance is effectively 0%. |
| lexicalization | eng: Iodine 125 |
| lexicalization | eng: Iodine-125 |
| instance of | e/Isotopes of iodine |
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