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stable isotope [′stā·bəl ′ī·sə‚tōp] (nuclear physics) An isotope which does not spontaneously undergo radioactive decay. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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So, scientists expect collisions including unstable nuclei to produce fusions more readily than collisions of stable isotopes do. Isonics' Life Sciences division markets and sells stable isotopes for the health care industry such as carbon-13 for diagnostic breath tests and drug design, and radioisotopes and stable isotopes, such as oxygen-18 for positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. About 270 stable isotopes are known to exist on Earth. |
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