{"id":101,"date":"2020-04-08T15:04:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-08T15:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/?page_id=101"},"modified":"2023-08-16T09:22:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T09:22:52","slug":"technetium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechemicalelements.com\/technetium\/","title":{"rendered":"Technetium (Tc)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Technetium is a chemical element with atomic number 43 in the periodic table. It\u2019s a synthetically produced element, but it can also be found in Earth\u2019s crust. The natural occurrence of element 43 is around 0.003 parts per trillion. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n As a member of the manganese<\/a> family of elements, technetium is a divalent transition metal. It\u2019s mainly used as a radioactive tracer in nuclear medicine, especially its technetium-99 isotope.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nChemical and Physical Properties of Technetium<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n