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 ...

Like ordinary water—H 2 0—each molecule of heavy water contains ... with a neutron as well as a proton in its nucleus. This isotope of hydrogen is called deuterium, and heavy water's more ...

China National Nuclear Corporation’s (CNNC) first-ever commercial reactor for the production of isotopes has officially opened. Called the Qinshan Nuclear Power Base plant, it has already ...

This two-week course is held once per year for up to 15 participants. Training Course on H and O Stable Isotope Analysis of Water by Laser Spectroscopy The purpose of this course is to provide a ...

and the sum of the protons and neutrons gives the atomic mass, the number of neutrons defines the isotope of that element. For example, most carbon (≈ 99 %) has 6 protons and 6 neutrons and is written ...