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𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙨?
𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙧, 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙛𝙚𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙨?
An isotope with more neutrons is heavier.
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨?
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙚𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨?
They can tell us how old the object is.
𝙄𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙢 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙?
𝙄𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙪𝙢 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙?
heavy water.
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙮?
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙮?
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𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙬-𝙞𝙣-𝙩𝙝𝙚-𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙮𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝?
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙬-𝙞𝙣-𝙩𝙝𝙚-𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙩𝙤𝙮𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝?
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