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paul-g
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Hello!
If we had available for some two isotopes such as plutonium.
One produced artificially, and the other not as example Pluton-238 and Pluton-242.
If these isotopes would be protected by coating with a layer of absorbing radiation such as lead in what the easiest way we could identify them if we did not know which is which. Assume that they are in the form of spheres with the same radii and weight.
I thought the mass spectrometry, but whether this method would be possible when these isotopes are covered with this coating, which can not be damaged?
Although best if it is a simple method.
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If we had available for some two isotopes such as plutonium.
One produced artificially, and the other not as example Pluton-238 and Pluton-242.
If these isotopes would be protected by coating with a layer of absorbing radiation such as lead in what the easiest way we could identify them if we did not know which is which. Assume that they are in the form of spheres with the same radii and weight.
I thought the mass spectrometry, but whether this method would be possible when these isotopes are covered with this coating, which can not be damaged?
Although best if it is a simple method.
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