A review of a few basics. The end. 7 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What are extinct isotopes and what do they tell us? 10 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What’s an RTG? How does it work? RTG accidents. 12 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

Have isotopes been used to kill people? Of course they have. 12 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

Methods to detects isotopes. The Geiger counter. The scintillation counter. Mass spectrometry. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. 11 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What is a decay series? A few extra facts about Uranium. 12 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

How does a U-235 atomic bomb work? How does fission work. What’s a chain reaction? 9 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

Who was Kik and how were isotopes used to learn about him? 6 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

The discovery of Krypton. It’s properties. It’s uses and some Krypton trivia. 8 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What are cosmogenic isotopes? What can they tell us? 6 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

How did this element get its name? Where would you find it? Can you make a nuclear bomb from a household item? 5 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What is isotope clumping and what can it tell us? 10 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

Positrons! So cool. Check it out. 8 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

How are isotopes used in medical imaging? 5 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

How is targeted radioisotope therapy different from brachytherapy? 7 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What is brachytherapy and how are isotopes involved? 5 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What is the urea breath test used for and how are isotopes involved? 6 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What is double labeled water? How is it useful? 14 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What is heavy water? What are its properties? 12 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What is a tracer? How are isotopes involved? 7 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

Who was Ötzi? What did isotopes tell us about him? 9 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What did isotopes tell us about King Richard III? 9 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What is isotope fractionation? How is it used? 7 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What is carbon dating? Also, what are Seuss Effects? 8 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith

What are primordial isotopes? Also some random isotope facts. 9 min Pandemics & Pathogens Past & Present Podcast [email protected] Facebook Twitter @chemsmith Instagram @timcsmith1961 Direct Link to episodePor Tim C. Smith