Isotopes
a very short introduction
$28.08
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2016
Summary
Isotopes: A Very Short Introduction
An isotope is a variant form of a chemical element, containing a different number of neutrons in its nucleus. Most elements exist as several isotopes. Many are stable while others are radioactive, and some may only exist fleetingly before decaying into other elements.
In this Very Short Introduction, Rob Ellam explains how isotopes have proved enormously important across all the sciences and in archaeology. Radioactive isotopes may be fami…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198723622 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0198723628 |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
| Author: | Rob Ellam |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 137g |
| Dimensions: | 174mm x 114mm x 8mm |
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About The Author
Rob Ellam
Rob Ellam is Professor of Geochemistry at the University of Glasgow and Director of the interdisciplinary Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and was Distinguished Lecturer for the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland in 2012-13. He has worked on isotopes across a range of fields, publishing papers on earth science, analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, and archaeology.
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