Why is the heavy metal element gadolinium utilized in MRI scanning? Is there any chemistry involved? Yes. Read on.
Consulting the print edition of the Canadian Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and Specialties1 (CPS) for the product monograph of the drug Bisoprolol, my attention strayed to the immediately preceding entry Bismutal...
We began to use individual tablets of over-the-counter (OTC) consumer products as samples for some introductory analytical chemistry experiments in 2006.
ER doctor: We want a CT scan. You will be receiving an intravenous CT contrast agent.
Patient: What is the CT contrast agent?
ER doctor: Iohexol.