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The 146 pages that link to Isotope, each with the reason it gives.
Age of EarthBroader topic: Dating methods compare radioactive and stable isotopes of particular elements.
Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rulesRelated: When atomic numbers tie, isotopic mass can determine which substituent ranks higher.
Isotope-ratio mass spectrometryNarrower topic: The instrument compares isotopes, which share an element's proton number but differ in neutron number.
IsobarCompared with: Isotopes share atomic number, unlike isobars.
MoscoviumRelated: Moscovium’s known isotopes differ in neutron count and radioactive lifetime.
Plutonium-239Narrower topic: Plutonium-239 is one member of plutonium’s family of isotopes.
Potassium-40Narrower topic: Potassium-40 differs from stable potassium isotopes by its neutron count.
TennessineNarrower topic: Known tennessine atoms are radioactive isotopes with different neutron counts.
U–Pb datingNarrower topic: U–Pb dating tracks specific uranium and lead isotopes, not elemental totals.
Argon–argon datingNarrower topic: The method distinguishes argon isotopes by mass and compares their abundances.
Isotope effectNarrower topic: An isotope effect begins with comparing isotopes of the same element.
Jack Hills zirconNarrower topic: Isotopic differences make both the age measurements and environmental clues possible.
Relative atomic massBroader topic: Each isotope contributes a distinct mass to the element’s weighted mean.
Henry MoseleyRelated: Their differing masses clarified why atomic mass cannot define an element’s position.
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometryRelated: Isotopes create distinct mass signals and enable isotope-ratio measurements.
Uranium–thorium datingNarrower topic: Dating distinguishes uranium and thorium isotopes by their nuclear masses.
XenonNarrower topic: Natural xenon consists of several isotopes, including radioactive ones used in research.
Atomic weightBroader topic: Each isotope contributes its own mass to the element’s weighted average.
Calcium-48Narrower topic: Calcium-48 differs from other calcium isotopes by having 28 neutrons.
Hydrogen ionRelated: Hydrogen ions can derive from protium, deuterium, or tritium nuclei.
Isotopic abundanceNarrower topic: Abundance counts how much of each isotope occurs in a sample.
RubidiumNarrower topic: Rubidium occurs naturally as rubidium-85 and rubidium-87.
ArgonRelated: Natural argon is a mixture of isotopes with different neutron counts.
Atomic mass unitNarrower topic: Isotopes explain why an element’s atoms can have different masses.
Fissile materialNarrower topic: Fissility depends on the nucleus's isotope, not merely its chemical element.
FleroviumNarrower topic: Known flerovium atoms differ chiefly by which radioactive isotope was produced.
Nuclear isomerCompared with: An isomer differs in energy state, whereas isotopes differ in neutron number.
Uranium-series datingNarrower topic: Uranium-series calculations distinguish isotopes of uranium, thorium, and their decay products.
Absolute datingRelated: Dating systems distinguish isotopes that decay from those that accumulate.
AmericiumRelated: Americium has no stable isotopes; its differing isotopes have distinct half-lives and uses.
CoperniciumRelated: Experiments identify copernicium through particular short-lived isotopes.
Frederick SoddyBroader topic: Soddy named isotopes to explain chemically identical atoms with different atomic weights.
Law of definite proportionsRelated: Isotopic variation can slightly change measured mass proportions without changing chemical identity.
Nuclear magnetic momentNarrower topic: Different isotope compositions produce different nuclear spins and magnetic moments.
TechnetiumRelated: Technetium has no stable isotopes, and its isotope determines its decay and uses.
Thorium-232Narrower topic: The number 232 specifies thorium’s total number of protons and neutrons.
AstatineRelated: Astatine has no stable isotopes, so its properties depend on which radioactive isotope is considered.
Beta particleRelated: Beta decay moves a nucleus between isotopes of neighboring elements.
CaliforniumRelated: Californium’s isotopes share 98 protons but have different neutron counts.
CosmochemistryRelated: Isotopic ratios preserve clues to the sources and histories of Solar System materials.
Cosmogenic nuclideNarrower topic: Cosmogenic nuclides are isotopes whose production is driven by cosmic-ray interactions.
Dalton's atomic theoryBroader topic: Isotopes show that atoms of one element need not all have the same mass.
DarmstadtiumRelated: Known darmstadtium atoms differ in neutron number and therefore in nuclear stability.
Isotope analysisNarrower topic: Isotope analysis compares variants of the same element rather than different elements.
Isotopes of hydrogenNarrower topic: Hydrogen isotopes share one proton but differ in neutron number.
LawrenciumNarrower topic: Lawrencium is known through isotopes with differing masses and half-lives.
Neutron activationNarrower topic: Capturing a neutron creates a heavier isotope of the target element.
Radiogenic heatNarrower topic: Radioactive isotopes are the nuclei whose decay produces radiogenic heat.
RadionuclideRelated: Radioactive and stable isotopes can belong to the same chemical element.
RadiotracerNarrower topic: A radiotracer's labeled atoms differ isotopically from other atoms of the same element.