Determination of 210Po and 210Pb in cannabis (Cannabis sativa L.) plants and products

Geometries, interaction energies and bonding in [Po(H2O)n]4+ and [PoCln]4−n complexes

“…While most of polonium chemistry remains unknown, its extreme toxicity, being either chemical or radiological, is notorious. 1,2 Though its radioactivity may be used to detect it, it is still complicated to perform analyses to determine polonium traces in, for example, sea water, 3 tobacco, 4,5 plants, 6 soils 7 and other samples. Meanwhile, former usages of polonium as a heat source in the space machine industry, as an α-emission source, or as static eliminators have now become obsolete because of alternatives based on materials that are safer and easier to obtain.…”