Isotope geochemistry
| 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 |