Isotopisesti

Isotopisesti refers to anything related to isotopes. Isotopes are variants of a particular chemical element which differ in neutron number, and consequently in nucleon number. All isotopes of a given element have the same number of protons in each atom. For example, carbon-12, carbon-13, and carbon-14 are all isotopes of carbon. Carbon-12 has 6 protons and 6 neutrons, carbon-13 has 6 protons and 7 neutrons, and carbon-14 has 6 protons and 8 neutrons.

The study of isotopes and their properties is known as isotopy. This field is important in various scientific disciplines. For instance, isotopic analysis, which involves measuring the relative abundance of different isotopes, can be used to determine the origin of materials, to study geological processes, and to trace biochemical pathways. The distribution of isotopes in nature is not uniform and can be influenced by physical and chemical processes, as well as by radioactive decay.

The term "isotopically" is often used as an adverb to describe a process or a characteristic that is related to the isotopic composition of a substance. For example, "isotopically pure" means that a sample contains only one specific isotope of an element, or has a significantly enriched abundance of one isotope compared to its natural abundance. Similarly, "isotopic labeling" refers to the practice of replacing one or more atoms in a molecule with atoms of the same element but a different isotope, usually for tracking purposes in research.