How are isotopes used to analyze things?

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How are isotopes used to analyze things?

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Some isotopes are radioactive, but they behave like the regular elements, this is helpful to tell where a particular substance goes

For example you can give radioactive nutrients to a bacteria and then separate all the different things the bacteria makes and see which ones are the most radioactive

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