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In general a tracer is a substance that can be used e.g. to monitor how a process runs or a volume of material is transported in a medium. The tracer is part of the system that is inspected.
Anything can be taken as tracer which is suitable to monitor these processes closely and whose specific property (isotopic ratio, concentration, colour etc.) can be measured sufficiently precisely to allow for a sound interpretation of experimental results.
Isotopic tracers can for example be used to monitor how groundwater flows in an aquifer, but for the same purpuses one can also use elemental or molecular tracers.
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What is a trackable isotope?
It is called a tracer
Which isotope can be used as a tracer to study the age of organic material?
Carbon-14
What body problem to find iodine 131 radio isotope is used as a tracer?
thyroid
What isotope of polonium should be used for tracer experiment?
Polonium isotopes are not used as tracers.
Does carbon behave chemically the same even when radioactive?
yes it does. the chemical behavior of a radioactive isotope is essentially the same as that of the stable isotopes of an element. When you have the addition of a small quanity of radioactive isotope, it becomes a tracer, which traces molecular changes. (look up the Melvin Calvin experiment for more help)
What are the ideal properties of a radioactive isotope used as a medical tracer?
Positron Emission, Metabolic Activity, Detection, "short" physical half-life
Do 99 ford escort and 99 mercury tracer have the same engines or compatible?
Yes. My Mercury Tracer has an engine directly out of a Ford Escort (same year).
How do you change a car stereo on a 1993 Mercury Tracer?
I do not know, but I am having the same problems with the removal of my 1994 tracer's stereo
What is a isotope for hydrogen?
Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen. It has one proton and one neutron in its nucleus, compared to regular hydrogen which has only one proton. Deuterium is slightly heavier than regular hydrogen and is often used in laboratory experiments and as a tracer in scientific studies.
When a radioactive tracer is used why is it best to use a radioactive isotope that decays into a stable isotope?
The principle behind the use of radioactive tracers is that an atom in a chemical compound is replaced by another atom, of the same chemical element. The substituting atom, however, is a radioactive isotope. This process is often called radioactive labeling.
How can the researcher change one isotope into a different isotope of the same element?
By striking it with neutrons.
How can the researcher change one isotope into a different isotope of the same elements?
By striking it with neutrons.
