Isotope geochemistry

Diamond, Roger E.

dc.contributor.author	Diamond, Roger E.
dc.date.accessioned	2021-01-06T12:08:10Z
dc.date.available	2021-01-06T12:08:10Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.description.abstract	Isotopes are atoms that belong to the same element, but have different numbers of neutrons. For example, hydrogen can have 0 neutrons (protium) or 1 neutron (deuterium) or 2 neutrons (tritium). The mass changes because of the extra neutrons, so protium hydrogen, with only a proton, has an atomic mass of about 1 amu (atomic mass unit), deuterium hydrogen, with one proton and one neutron, has a mass of about 2 amu and tritium, with one proton and two neutrons, is about 3 amu. Remember – if you change the number of protons, you change the element.	en_ZA
dc.description.department	Geology	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	am2020	en_ZA
dc.description.uri	http://www.questinteractive.co.za	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Diamond. R 2019, 'Isotope geochemistry', Quest, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 16.	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	1729-830X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77948
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Academy of Science South Africa	en_ZA
dc.rights	This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.	en_ZA
dc.subject	Isotopes	en_ZA
dc.subject	Neutrons	en_ZA
dc.subject	Proton	en_ZA
dc.subject	Mass	en_ZA
dc.title	Isotope geochemistry	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA