All Isotopes articles
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NewsHigh pressure forces heavy hydrogen to act like a metal
Explore metallic bonding and isotopes with this latest research looking at metallic hydrogen
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Meteorite chemistry
What is a meteorite made of? Studying the composition of meteors allows scientists to look back billions of years to before the birth of the solar system
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Why you need A-level chemistry to study geology
Knowledge of chemistry topics such as isotopes, analytical techniques and earth science is essential for studying geology
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Freeing the world from chemical weapons
Chemists have helped destroy 97% of declared banned substances, finds Andy Extance, and are pushing to get the rest
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The chemistry of chemical weapons
In this activity you will look at the chemistry behind a number of chemical weapons that have been employed throughout history
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Summation and the sigma notation
Paul Yates applies this handy shorthand to chemistry calculations in mass and enthalpy
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Modern-day alchemists
Sam Tracey visits Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory to find out how to make a new element
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Build an atom simulation
Build an atom from scratch, using protons, neutrons, and electrons. Test different combinations to produce ions and unstable elements. Video: How to use the PhET build an atom simulation
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On This Day - Apr 01 : Ferdinand Brickwedde died
He co-discovered deuterium (2H), which is an isotope or “heavy form” of hydrogen, with Harold Urey and George Murphy. They produced the first measurable samples of deuterium from liquefied hydrogen.
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On This Day - Apr 29 : Harold Urey was born
Urey co-discovered deuterium (²H) with Ferdinand Brickwedde and George Murphy. They produced the first measurable samples of the isotope from liquefied hydrogen.
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On This Day - Jan 05 : Harold Clayton Urey died
He was awarded the 1934 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of deuterium in heavy water. Deuterium (2H) is an isotope of hydrogen that contains an extra neutron.
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On This Day - Feb 18 : Introduction of isotope
British chemist Frederick Soddy coined the term isotope (from the Greek, meaning ‘in the same place’) to describe different elements that can be chemically indistinguishable but have different atomic weights and characteristics.
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Periodic table of the isotopes launched by IUPAC
IUPAC has launched a new periodic table which emphasises isotopic composition
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Ida Noddack and the missing elements
Distinguished women chemists were rare in the early 20th century, but their contributions to chemistry are of great significance. Ida Noddack's scientific career centred around her intensive study of the Periodic Table, and resulted in her discovery, with husband Walter Noddack and physicist Otto Berg, of the metal rhenium, and of nuclear fission in the search for element 93.
