Isotope

Isotope Effects, Isotope Separation and Isotope Fractionation

Stable Isotope Application in Animal Nutrition Science

The application of stable isotope analysis (SIA) has become a standard scientific approach in Agricultural and Ecological researches and, more in general, in several disciplines such as biology, botany, zoology, organic chemistry, climatology, and nutrition. The main objectives of this paper are (1) to provide a simple definition of stable isotopes and (2) to illustrate analytical measurement m...

Electrochemical isotope effect and lithium isotope separation.

A large electrochemical isotopic effect is observed upon the electrodeposition of lithium from solutions of propylene carbonate producing isotopically light metal deposits. The magnitude of fractionation is controlled by the applied overpotential and is largest close to equilibrium. Calculated partition function ratios for tetrahedrally coordinated lithium complexes and metallic lithium predict...

Calculation of the rotational bands for the 20Ne isotope

The phenomenon of clustering in light nuclei is one of the interesting topics while its study is difficult. In this article, a simple model (the two-particle model which includes a core and a cluster) is presented for the investigation of the positive and the negative parity of rotational bands of 20Ne isotope. The Deng-Fan and the Hellman potentials are considered as the core and the cluster p...

Isotope Geochemistry

Isotopic analysis can be performed on minerals, rocks, soil, tissue, gases, and liquids – just about anything. In view of the broad possibilities, we will only cover a few generalities here. In most instances, the element to be analyzed must be first isolated and purified before it can undergo isotopic analysis in a mass spectrometer. Purification is necessary to avoid isobaric interferences an...