State whether the following statement is true or false :
Radioactive isotope of iodine is used for making the medicine called tincture iodine.

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The given statement is false.

The true statement is, iodine-131, the radioactive isotope of iodine is used as a tracer to determine the manner and rate of iodine intake by the thyroid gland in our body.

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State whether the following statement is true or false : Radioactive isotope of iodine is used for making the medicine called tincture iodine.

Isotope of iodine is used for making tincture of iodine in medicines. Is it true or false?

For the following statements, write T for ‘True’ and F for ‘False’.

(a) J.J. Thomson proposed that the nucleus of an atom contains only nucleons.

(b) A neutron is formed by an electron and a proton combining together. Therefore, it is neutral.

(d) An isotope of iodine is used for making tincture iodine, which is used as a medicine.

The radioactive isotope used in the treatment of cancer is:

(a) plutonium-239

(b) arsenic-74

(d) iodine-131

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