Iran says it needs the uranium at 20 per cent purity for the manufacture of medical isotopes for cancer cures .
伊朗表示,该国需要纯度达到20%的浓缩铀,以制造用于治疗癌症的医用同位素。
But the pieces need to be found quickly because the isotopes last for only days or weeks .
但必须很快找到陨石碎片,因为有些同位素的半衰期很短,几天或几周后就难以检测到了。
In this scenario , hydrogen would no longer be stable , but its slightly heavier isotopes deuterium or tritium could be .
在这个设定中,氢不再是稳定的,但是其更重些的同位素氘和氚却是稳定的。
Atoms of most elements can occur in slightly different forms , called isotopes , with slightly different masses .
几乎所有元素的原子都会以略微不同的形式出现,也就是它们的同位素,二者只是质量略微不同。
Thatwater signature is in the form of oxygen isotopes , atoms of oxygen withdifferent numbers of neutrons .
这个特征就是氧的同位素,它是由氧原子和不同数量的中子组成的。
Astronomers can do this sort of sleuthing with many different isotopes that have relatively short half-lives . So nailing down the solar system 's age precisely is key .
Isotopes say something about the latitude and elevation of your birthplace-which in the case of our mystery man definitely wasn 't southern italy .
同位素能告诉我们你出生地点的纬度和海拔,在这项调查中,这位神秘男子显然不是南方意大利人。
As the economist went to press it was unclear whether iran would accept or haggle over the deal , which would keep in operation a research reactor that makes medical isotopes .
Now , a team has attempted to solve the mystery by comparing the ratio of two isotopes , or forms , of chlorine in lunar and terrestrial rocks .
目前,一个研究小组打算通过对比月球和地球岩石中氯的两种同位素,或两种形式的氯来解决这个疑团。
That is why uranium fuel has to be enriched , for only one of the two naturally occurring isotopes of the metal is fissile , and it is much the rarer of the two .