Sentences with phrase «called isotope analysis»

Scientists can determine where an individual piece of meat comes from using a technique called isotope analysis, looking at the specific fingerprints of carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen atoms to see where a cow lived.

Not exact matches

Analysis of the water leaving Venus's atmosphere, however, shows that many of the hydrogen ions are actually a stable isotope of the element called deuterium, which consists of a proton and a neutron (rather than just a proton) in its nucleus.

Knudson and Ravelo based their findings on an analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes in the calcium carbonate shells of tiny marine organisms called foraminifera, which are preserved in seafloor sediments.

A light spectrum analysis of HD82943a star slightly hotter and larger than the sun, harboring its own planetary systemrevealed that it contained traces of an isotope of lithium called Lithium - 6, or 6Li.

Because C4 plants concentrate more of carbon's heavier isotopes compared with C3 plants, a technique called stable isotope analysis — which measures the relative concentrations of isotopes in animal bones — can often detect which plants predominate in the diet.