isotope Definition
iso·tope (ī′sə tōp′)
isotope Related Forms
i′so·top′ic (-täp′ik, -tō′pik) adjective
i′so·top′i·cally adverb
isot′·opy (ī sät′ə pē, īs′ə tō′pē) noun
isotope Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- iodine: Radioactive iodine ( Iodine-131 ) is a radioactive isotope of iodine, usually taken in an oral solution formulation.
- hydrogen: Deuterium is one of the heavier isotopes of hydrogen, having one extra neutron.
- uranium: For example, uranium-238 is a radioactive isotope of uranium with a half life of about 4.6 billion years.
Preposition: as
tracer: Mass spectrometry is used both as an analytical tool and for metabolic studies using stable isotopes as tracers.
Adjective modifier
- cosmogenic: Thus the changes in the open flux and cosmogenic isotopes do not appear to be linked to the 100-year drift in TSI.
- radioactive: A small amount of radioactive isotope, carbon called 14 C can then be added to the water they are kept in.
- radiogenic: Variation of radiogenic isotopes, trace elements and helium with distance from the center of the Iceland plume.
- stable: These stable isotopes can tell us a number of things about what a person's diet has been for most of their life.
- short-lived: Initially, it is placed in cooling ponds to allow short-lived radioactive isotopes to decay.
Modifies a noun
- geochemistry: The written report will consist of a 1500-word account of one area of isotope geochemistry selected from a list supplied by the course team.
- fractionation: Despite these strong isotope shifts, we found a largely uniform isotope fractionation.
- spectrometry: Breath samples were analyzed by continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometry.
- tracer: Mass spectrometry is used both as an analytical tool and for metabolic studies using stable isotope tracers.
- systematics: The trace elements and isotope systematics will be compared to current knowledge of MOR hydrothermal fluids.
- dilution: Target values were determined by isotope dilution GCMS at Professor Thienpont's laboratory in Gent.
Noun used with modifier
- strontium: The ratio of strontium isotopes changed rapidly in Early Jurassic oceans with the result that values are time diagnostic.
- oxygen: The power spectrum of oxygen isotope data from ocean sediment cores.
- sulfur: In addition, sulfur isotope analyzes have been performed on eleven corrosion samples from city centers.
- uranium: Based upon the measured concentrations the lifetime risk due to the ingestion of uranium isotopes was estimated.
- carbon: The release of methane into the atmosphere explains the sudden shift in carbon isotopes.

