Home > Terms > English, UK (UE) > Isotopic enrichment

Isotopic enrichment

A process by which the relative abundance of the isotopes of a given element are altered, thus producing a form of the element that has been enriched in one particular isotope and depleted in its other isotopic forms.

Kilo- A Greek prefix meaning "thousand" in the nomenclature of the metric system. This prefix multiplies a unit by 1000.

This is auto-generated content. You can help to improve it.
0
  • Part of Speech: noun
  • Synonym(s):
  • Blossary:
  • Industry/Domain: Energy
  • Category: Nuclear energy
  • Company:
  • Product:
  • Acronym-Abbreviation:
Collect to Blossary

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Harry8L
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 1

    Followers

Industry/Domain: History Category: World history

Lhasa

Capital of Tibet since the 9th century. Originally it had little political significance but was of great religious importance. In 1642 it became the ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

Bugs we played as children

Category: Animals   3 3 Terms

10 Best Bali Luxury Resorts

Category: Travel   1 10 Terms