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14 May 2025

The Huanggang iron-tin deposit, located in the southern Greater Khingan Range, is one of the largest Fe-Sn deposits in Northern China (NE China). Iron-tin mineralization occurs mainly in the contact zone between granitoid intrusions and the marble of...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,465 Views
20 Pages

Genesis of the Koka Gold Deposit in Northwest Eritrea, NE Africa: Constraints from Fluid Inclusions and C–H–O–S Isotopes

  • Kai Zhao,
  • Huazhou Yao,
  • Jianxiong Wang,
  • Ghebsha Fitwi Ghebretnsae,
  • Wenshuai Xiang and
  • Yi-Qu Xiong

27 March 2019

The Koka gold deposit is located in the Elababu shear zone between the Nakfa terrane and the Adobha Abiy terrane, NW Eritrea. Based on a paragenetic study, two main stages of gold mineralization were identified in the Koka gold deposit: (1) an early...

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  • Open Access
585 Views
19 Pages

29 September 2025

The Chuankou deposit is a super-large W deposit formed during the Indosinian collision event in South China, and its mineralization is suggested to be related to the Indosinian muscovite granite. However, two types of W mineralizations were discovere...

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3 Citations
3,229 Views
29 Pages

Ore Genesis of the Changkeng–Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit in Central Guangdong, South China: Evidence from Fluid Inclusions and C-H-O-S-Pb-He-Ar Isotopes

  • Guangyao Shi,
  • Jianling Xue,
  • Xiaoqiang Zhu,
  • Zhenshan Pang,
  • Xueqiu Wang,
  • Fan Yang,
  • Gilby Jepson,
  • Wen Tao and
  • Shimin Zhen

23 June 2022

The Changkeng–Fuwan Au-Ag deposit is representative in South China, which is located in the southwest of the Qin–Hang metallogenic belt (QHMB). The Au and Ag orebodies are located in the same altered fracture zone, forming independent gol...

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4 Citations
2,226 Views
19 Pages

25 August 2022

The Huoluotai Cu (Mo) deposit is a recently discovered porphyry Cu deposit in the northern Great Xing’an Range, NE China. Fluid inclusion (FI) micro-thermometry results and the C–H–O–S–Pb isotope compositions of the Huol...

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7 Citations
5,022 Views
29 Pages

10 May 2019

The Chuduoqu Pb-Zn-Cu deposit is located in the Tuotuohe area in the northern part of the Sanjiang Metallogenic Belt, central Tibet. The Pb-Zn-Cu ore bodies in this deposit are hosted mainly by Middle Jurassic Xiali Formation limestone and sandstone,...

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5 Citations
2,921 Views
22 Pages

29 July 2022

The Toudaochuan gold deposit is a recently discovered lode gold deposit in Central Jilin Province. Gold ore bodies are dominantly controlled by NE-trending fault. The major hydrothermal period can be further divided into the quartz–pyrite stage...

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4 Citations
2,228 Views
17 Pages

11 August 2022

The Dongpuzi deposit is an epithermal gold deposit located in the southern margin of the Shaozihe volcanic fault basin in the Liaodong Peninsula. On the basis of fluid inclusion and C–H–O–S–Pb isotope data, a metallogenic mode...

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1,483 Views
25 Pages

14 October 2024

The Batailing Au deposit is a vein-type deposit in central Jilin Province, situated in the southern sector of the Lesser Xing’an–Zhangguangcai Range within the eastern Central Asian Orogenic Belt. NE-trending fault-controlled orebodies oc...

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1,642 Views
22 Pages

24 September 2024

The Southern Hunan area is located in the superposition of the Qin-Hang Cu-Pb-Zn polymetallic ore belt and the Nanling W-Sn-Mo polymetallic ore belt, which is an important window to study the mineralization of W-Sn-Mo and Cu-Pb-Zn polymetallic deposi...

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2 Citations
2,003 Views
19 Pages

6 February 2024

The Pulang super-large porphyry Cu polymetallic deposit, located in the Sanjiang area of Yunnan Province, is one of the largest Cu deposits in China. This deposit hosts Cu resources of ~5 × 106 t and other ore-forming elements, such as Mo, Au,...

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25 Pages

Dual-Isotope (δ2H, δ18O) and Bioelement (δ13C, δ15N) Fingerprints Reveal Atmospheric and Edaphic Drought Controls in Sauvignon Blanc (Orlești, Romania)

  • Marius Gheorghe Miricioiu,
  • Oana Romina Botoran,
  • Diana Costinel,
  • Ionuț Făurescu and
  • Roxana Elena Ionete

15 December 2025

Grapevine water relations are increasingly influenced by drought under climate change, with significant implications for yield, fruit composition and wine quality. Stable isotopes of hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen (δ2H, δ18O, &delt...

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1 Citations
859 Views
16 Pages

28 February 2025

The Xiangluwanzi gold deposit, located in the southern Jilin Province of Northeast China, is hosted within the Jurassic Guosong Formation, and surrounded by Archean granitoids. The ore bodies are governed by near-EW and NE-trending faults. Four alter...

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1 Citations
1,989 Views
17 Pages

24 July 2023

The Middle–Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt (MLYMB) hosts abundant porphyry–skarn–stratabound-type Cu–Au–Mo deposits. Despite extensive research, the origin of the stratabound-type deposits, which developed at the unconfo...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,651 Views
13 Pages

Isotopic Characterization of Italian Industrial Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Intended for Food Use: A First Exploratory Study

  • Marco Calvi,
  • Luana Bontempo,
  • Sarah Pizzini,
  • Lorenzo Cucinotta,
  • Federica Camin and
  • Barbara Stenni

In this study, Italian industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) intended for food use was isotopically characterized for the first time. The stable isotope ratios of five bioelements were analyzed in different parts of the plant (i.e., roots, stems, infl...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,554 Views
13 Pages

An H-bond involves the sharing of a hydrogen atom between an electronegative atom to which it is covalently bound (the donor) and another electronegative atom serving as an acceptor. Such bonds represent a critically important geometrical force in bi...

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675 Views
25 Pages

Genesis of the Laoliwan Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit, Southern Margin of the North China Craton, China: Constrained by C-H-O-S-Pb Isotopes and Sulfide Rb-Sr Geochronology

  • Jianling Xue,
  • Zhenshan Pang,
  • Hui Chen,
  • Peichao Ding,
  • Ruya Jia,
  • Wen Tao,
  • Ruifeng Shen,
  • Banglu Zhang,
  • Nini Mou and
  • Yan Yang

28 October 2025

The Laoliwan Ag-Pb-Zn deposit is situated in the southern margin of the North China Craton and represents the first large-scale Ag-Pb-Zn ore deposit discovered in the Xiaoshan District. Ag-Pb-Zn orebodies are structurally controlled by NW- and NNW-tr...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,135 Views
24 Pages

Fluid Evolution and Ore Genesis of the Juyuan Tungsten Deposit, Beishan, NW China

  • Qiaojuan Yan,
  • Zhengle Chen,
  • Zhenju Zhou,
  • Tongyang Zhao,
  • Qiong Han,
  • Jilin Li,
  • Bo Liu and
  • Wengao Zhang

24 November 2021

The newly discovered Juyuan tungsten deposit is hosted in Triassic granite in the Beishan Orogen, NW China. The tungsten mineralization occurred as quartz veins, and the main ore minerals included wolframite and scheelite. The age, origin, and tecton...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,372 Views
31 Pages

18 November 2021

The formation of the Ailaoshan metallogenic belt was the result of: the Neoproterozoic super mantle plume, the Indosinian and South China blocks in the Late Triassic after the Paleo-Tethys Ocean closure, and Oligocene-Eocene continental-scale shearin...

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4 Citations
3,759 Views
19 Pages

Epigenetic-Hydrothermal Fluorite Veins in a Phosphorite Deposit from Balaton Highland (Pannonian Basin, Hungary): Signatures of a Regional Fluid Flow System in an Alpine Triassic Platform

  • Zsuzsa Molnár,
  • Gabriella B. Kiss,
  • Ferenc Molnár,
  • Tamás Váczi,
  • György Czuppon,
  • István Dunkl,
  • Federica Zaccarini and
  • István Dódony

16 June 2021

The middle Anisian extensional tectonics of the Neotethyan realm developed a small, isolated carbonate platform in the middle part of the Balaton Highland (western Hungary), resulted in the deposition of uranium-bearing seamount phosphorite on the to...

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2 Citations
1,221 Views
30 Pages

6 December 2024

The large-scale vein-type Zn-Pb-Ag deposit in the Eastern Qinling Orogen (EQO) has sparked a long-standing debate over whether magmatism or metamorphism was the primary control or factor in its formation. Among the region’s vein-type deposits,...

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1 Citations
1,917 Views
25 Pages

Genesis of Geothermal Waters in Zhongshan City, China: Hydrochemical and H-O-C Isotopic Implications

  • Yanan Li,
  • Ximin Bai,
  • Changsheng Huang,
  • Wei Chen,
  • Chuanming Ma,
  • Wei Huang,
  • Gao Deng,
  • Xiangrong Qiu,
  • Shengnan Chen and
  • Hailong Ye
  • + 3 authors

21 June 2024

Investigations of the geochemical compositions of geothermal water, as well as their movements and geneses, are of great significance for the exploration and exploitation of hydrothermal resources. In Zhongshan City, a southern city in Guangdong Prov...

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4 Citations
5,151 Views
23 Pages

Evidence for Groundwater Salinity Origin Based on Hydrogeochemical and Isotopic (2H, 18O, 37Cl, 3H, 13C, 14C) Approaches: Sousse, Eastern Tunisia

  • Farah Nefzaoui,
  • Mohamed Fethi Ben Hamouda,
  • Paula Maria Carreira,
  • José Manuel Marques and
  • Hans G. M. Eggenkamp

22 March 2023

The key processes responsible for the rise in groundwater salinization in the Mio–Pliocene aquifer system of Sousse (Tunisia, eastern coastline) were identified through a multidisciplinary approach based on the use of geochemical, stable (2H, 13C, 18...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,575 Views
30 Pages

31 May 2023

The Tuotuohe region is a highly prospective area for Pb and Zn mineral exploration. This paper contributes to our comprehension of the ore-controlling structures, fluid inclusions, and C–H–O–S–Pb isotope geochemistry of Pb&nda...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,416 Views
19 Pages

30 June 2020

The Kuergasheng Pb–Zn deposit is located in the Western Tianshan Orogen, Xinjiang Province, China. The ore bodies are mainly hosted in sandstone of the Tuosikuertawu Formation and are controlled by NW-trending faults. Three paragenetic stages w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,113 Views
18 Pages

22 June 2022

The Harla gold deposit is located on the eastern segment of the Kanggur-Huangshan ductile shear belt in Eastern Tianshan, on the southern margin of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. The orebodies show close spatial association with NEE-trending faults...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,168 Views
11 Pages

Fatty Acid and Multi-Isotopic Analysis (C, H, N, O) as a Tool to Differentiate and Valorise the Djebel Lamb from the Mountainous Region of Tunisia

  • Samir Smeti,
  • Federica Camin,
  • Luana Bontempo,
  • Souha Tibaoui,
  • Yathreb Yagoubi,
  • Silvia Pianezze,
  • Edi Piasentier,
  • Luca Ziller and
  • Naziha Atti

15 February 2023

The objective of this study was to distinguish between the Tunisian Djebel lamb meat and meat from typical Tunisian production systems (PSs) through the fatty acids (FAs) profile and the stable isotope ratio analysis (SIRA). Thirty-five lambs from th...

  • Article
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6 Citations
2,985 Views
15 Pages

Chrysanthemi Flos ‘Hangbaiju’ (HBJ) is a common Chinese medicinal material with the same origin as the medicinal and edible cognate plant in China, whose quality is seriously affected by the place of origin. In this study, four stable iso...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,028 Views
9 Pages

Advancing Forensic Chemical Analysis to Classify Wild and Captive Turtles

  • John B. Hopkins,
  • Cheryl A. Frederick,
  • Derek Yorks,
  • Erik Pollock and
  • Matthew W. H. Chatfield

30 September 2023

The diets and environments that individuals experience can vary greatly within and among wildlife populations. These individual experiences can be compared using the chemical signatures of animal tissues, which can differentiate animals into groups,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,299 Views
31 Pages

3 January 2024

The supergiant Shuangjianzishan (SJS) Ag–Pb–Zn deposit, located in the southern Great Xing’an Range (SGXR), is the largest Ag deposit in China. The SJS deposit can be divided into two ore blocks: the Shuangjianzishan ore block and t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,381 Views
15 Pages

Heterometallic CoIIIZnII Schiff Base Catalyst for Mild Hydroxylation of C(sp3)–H Bonds of Unactivated Alkanes: Evidence for Dual Mechanism Controlled by the Promoter

  • Oksana V. Nesterova,
  • Katerina V. Kasyanova,
  • Elena A. Buvaylo,
  • Olga Yu. Vassilyeva,
  • Brian W. Skelton,
  • Dmytro S. Nesterov and
  • Armando J.L. Pombeiro

26 February 2019

The novel Schiff base complex [CoIIIZnIIL3Cl2]·CH3OH (1) was synthesized by interaction of zinc powder, cobalt(II) chloride and methanol solution of the pre-formed HL in air (HL is the product of condensation of o-vanillin and methylamine) and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
997 Views
29 Pages

8 August 2025

The Xiaobaihegou fluorite deposit is located in the southwest of the Altyn-Tagh Orogen, NW China. However, the provenance, thermodynamic properties, and enrichment mechanisms of the ore-forming fluids in this deposit remain unclear. Fluorite minerali...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,368 Views
18 Pages

The Isotopic (δ18O, δ 2H, δ13C, δ15N, δ34S, 87Sr/86Sr, δ11B) Composition of Adige River Water Records Natural and Anthropogenic Processes

  • Chiara Marchina,
  • Kay Knöller,
  • Maddalena Pennisi,
  • Claudio Natali,
  • Marlene Dordoni,
  • Paolo Di Giuseppe,
  • Rosa Cidu and
  • Gianluca Bianchini

18 May 2020

The water composition of the river Adige displays a Ca–HCO3 hydrochemical facies, mainly due to rock weathering. Nitrate is the only component that has increased in relation to growing anthropogenic inputs. The aim of this paper was to identify...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,344 Views
22 Pages

Copper (Cu) is an important transition metal, and its isotopes have important applications in geology, environmental science, soil science, and other fields. Cu isotope fractionation can occur in many natural processes. However, the mechanism of Cu i...

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  • Open Access
1,419 Views
12 Pages

9 January 2025

In the present work, we performed calculations of the kinetic isotope effect (KIE) on H/D, 14N/15N, 16O/18O, and 12C/13C isotopic substitution in the dissociation of beta-sheet polyglycine dimers of different lengths into two monomer chains. This dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,134 Views
15 Pages

Effects of Light Shading, Fertilization, and Cultivar Type on the Stable Isotope Distribution of Hybrid Rice

  • Syed Abdul Wadood,
  • Yunzhu Jiang,
  • Jing Nie,
  • Chunlin Li,
  • Karyne M. Rogers,
  • Hongyan Liu,
  • Yongzhi Zhang,
  • Weixing Zhang and
  • Yuwei Yuan

28 April 2023

The effect of fertilizer supply and light intensity on the distribution of elemental contents (%C and %N) and light stable isotopes (C, N, H, and O) in different rice fractions (rice husk, brown rice, and polished rice) of two hybrid rice cultivars (...

  • Article
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5 Citations
1,665 Views
13 Pages

24 February 2024

It is generally accepted that organic–inorganic interactions involving H-rich fluids (i.e., H2O and H2) contribute significantly to hydrocarbon (HC) generation in sedimentary basins. However, the effects of two hydrogenation processes involving...

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  • Open Access
2,330 Views
16 Pages

12 June 2024

A Ga isotope is a new proxy for different geochemical processes such as a weathering process, solution process, etc. Si (Si(OH)4) is ubiquitous in natural water bodies. However, studies on the Ga isotope effect about a Ga3+ aqueous solution reacting...

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1 Citations
1,915 Views
15 Pages

12 August 2023

The Yong’an-Meixian Late Paleozoic Hercynian depression, located in western Fujian-eastern Guangdong, is an important metallogenic belt in China. The Yushui copper-polymetallic massive sulfide deposit from the middle part of the depression, wit...

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1 Citations
911 Views
14 Pages

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy is a re-emerging therapy for the treatment of cancer, and the development of new neutron-reactive nuclei carriers with enhanced efficiency is of great importance. In this work we propose three new boron-based solid compo...

  • Article
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3 Citations
2,015 Views
12 Pages

23 November 2021

In this work, Huadian oil shale was extracted by subcritical water at 365 °C with a time series (2–100 h) to better investigate the carbon isotope fractionation characteristics and how to use its fractionation characteristics to constrain t...

  • Article
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3 Citations
3,452 Views
29 Pages

Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Stable Isotopes (C, O, S) of Hot Spring Waters and Associated Travertines near Tamiahua Lagoon, Veracruz, Gulf of Mexico (Mexico)

  • Israel Porras-Toribio,
  • Teresa Pi-Puig,
  • Ruth Esther Villanueva-Estrada,
  • Marco Antonio Rubio-Ramos and
  • Jesús Solé

28 June 2022

Laminated travertine forms in and around an active hot spring on the west coast of Tamiahua Lagoon, north of the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Fluid chemistry is characterized by discharging slightly acidic pH hot water and gas at a constant flow rate....

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30 Citations
7,937 Views
22 Pages

13 November 2019

This article presents the original descriptions of some recent physics mechanisms (based on the thermodynamic, kinetic, and quantum tunnel effects) providing stable 2H/1H isotope fractionation, leading to the accumulation of particular isotopic forms...

  • Article
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7 Citations
3,358 Views
8 Pages

11 July 2021

Knowledge of carbon isotope fractionation is needed in order to discuss the formation and dissociation of naturally occurring CO2 hydrates. We investigated carbon isotope fractionation during CO2 hydrate formation and measured the three-phase equilib...

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2 Citations
1,476 Views
13 Pages

Chemometric Discrimination of the Geographical Origin of Rheum tanguticum by Stable Isotope Analysis

  • Bayan Nuralykyzy,
  • Jing Nie,
  • Guoying Zhou,
  • Hanyi Mei,
  • Shuo Zhao,
  • Chunlin Li,
  • Karyne M. Rogers,
  • Yongzhi Zhang and
  • Yuwei Yuan

6 October 2024

Rheum tanguticum is one of the primary rhubarb species used for food and medicinal purposes, and it has recently been gaining more attention and recognition. This research represents the first attempt to use stable isotopes and elemental analysis via...

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  • Article
  • Open Access
1,936 Views
17 Pages

10 August 2024

Stable isotope abundances (δ18O and δ2H) in regional aquifers can provide important paleoclimate information. However, identifying paleoclimate signals can be complicated by cross-formational mixing and, potentially, by isotopic diffusion...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,088 Views
16 Pages

Stable Isotope and Element Profiling for Determining the Agroclimatic Origin of Cow Milk within a Tropical Country

  • Maheshika Kalpage,
  • Champa Dissanayake,
  • Saranga Diyabalanage,
  • Rohana Chandrajith,
  • Russell Frew and
  • Ruchika Fernando

20 January 2022

Information on the geographic origin of milk is important in determining quality attributes and for economic gain through building brand value associated with origin. Stable isotope signatures and trace element concentrations have been increasingly u...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,867 Views
12 Pages

Mechanistic Insights into Visible Light-Induced Direct Hydroxylation of Benzene to Phenol with Air and Water over Pt-Modified WO3 Photocatalyst

  • Yuya Kurikawa,
  • Masahiro Togo,
  • Michihisa Murata,
  • Yasuaki Matsuda,
  • Yoshihisa Sakata,
  • Hisayoshi Kobayashi and
  • Shinya Higashimoto

18 May 2020

Activation of C(sp2)-H in aromatic molecules such as benzene is one of the challenging reactions. The tungsten trioxide supported Pt nanoparticles (Pt-WO3) exhibited hydroxylation of benzene in the presence of air and H2O under visible-light (420 <...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,481 Views
12 Pages

12 December 2020

The knowledge of the isotopic composition of virgin olive oil (VOO) allows the evaluation of authenticity and geographical origin, being an important tool against fraud. This study aimed to assess if VOOs produced in three Mediterranean regions could...

  • Review
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,716 Views
15 Pages

New Trends in Separation Techniques of Lithium Isotopes: A Review of Chemical Separation Methods

  • Silviu-Laurentiu Badea,
  • Violeta-Carolina Niculescu and
  • Andreea-Maria Iordache

18 May 2023

In terms of isotopic technologies, it is essential to be able to produce materials with an enriched isotopic abundance (i.e., a compound isotopic labelled with 2H, 13C, 6Li, 18O or 37Cl), which is one that differs from natural abundance. The isotopic...

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