Radioactive strontium (Sr) tends to concentrate in the bones of people who ingest it. Why might one

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Radioactive strontium (Sr) tends to concentrate in the bones of people who ingest it. Why might one expect that strontium would behave like calcium (Ca) chemically and thus be preferentially bound in bone material, which is predominantly calcium in composition?

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Inquiry into Physics

ISBN: 978-1305959422

8th edition

Authors: Vern J. Ostdiek, Donald J. Bord

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