While the number of protons defines the element (e.g., hydrogen, carbon, etc.) and the sum of the protons and neutrons gives the atomic mass, the number of neutrons defines the isotope of that element ...

A team from Leipzig University and TU Dresden, as part of the Hydrogen Isotopes 1,2,3H Research Training Group, has made an ...

In heavy water, each hydrogen atom is indeed heavier, with a neutron as well as a proton in its nucleus. This isotope of hydrogen is called deuterium, and heavy water's more scientific name is ...

A few more examples that recently came to our attention are Klaus Hansen, the scientist who drank heavy water to test if it ...

An international study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres has provided new insights into global ...

Stable isotopes have helped uncover migratory routes, trophic levels, and the geographic origin of migratory animals. They can be used on land as well as in the ocean and have revolutionized how ...

MESSRS. R. P. BELL and J. H. Wolfenden 1 have recently given their experience in concentrating the hydrogen isotope, namely, that nickel, platinum and copper are about equally efficient as ...

All three isotopes of hydrogen have identical chemical properties. This is because the number of electrons determines chemical properties, and all three isotopes have one electron in their atoms.

While deuterium H-2, an isotope twice as heavy as hydrogen, is predominantly used in nutrition research, nitrogen-15 is the most common stable isotope used in agriculture. Many other stable isotopes ...