Isotopes

The Radioactive Isotopes

Using Stable Isotopes

Introduction Direct measurement of de novo lipogenesis has not previously been possible in humans. We measured de novo hepatic lipogenesis in normal men by means of stable isotopes and by combining the acetylated-xenobiotic probe technique with mass isotopomer analysis of secreted very low density lipoproteinfatty acids (VLDL-FA). Sulfamethoxazole (SMX) was administered with ['3Clacetate during...

Magnesium isotopes: Angular momentum

Correlations beyond the mean field in Magnesium isotopes: Angular momentum projection and configuration mixing. Abstract The quadrupole deformation properties of the ground and low-lying excited states of the even-even Magnesium isotopes with N ranging from 8 to 28 have been studied in the framework of the angular momentum projected generator coordinate method with the Gogny force. It is shown ...

Oxygen Isotopes in Meteorites

Oxygen isotope abundance variations in meteorites are very useful in elucidating chemical and physical processes that occurred during the formation of the solar system (Clayton, 1993). On Earth, the mean abundances of the three stable isotopes are O: 99.76%, O: 0.039%, and O: 0.202%. It is conventional to express variations in abundances of the isotopes in terms of isotopic ratios, relative to ...

Stable Isotopes Issue

Plant metabolic activity in arid and semi-arid environments is largely tied to episodic precipitation events or ‘‘pulses’’. The ability of plants to take up and utilize rain pulses during the growing season in these water-limited ecosystems is determined in part by pulse timing, intensity and amount, and by hydrological properties of the soil that translate precipitation into plant-available so...