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The Introduction of Isotopes (1935–1944)

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August and Marie Krogh

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Abstract

In 1935 Niels Bohr and Georg von Hevesy invited Krogh to collaborate in biological experiments with “heavy” water, i.e. water in which some of the hydrogen ions are replaced with the isotope deuterium (D) bearing twice the atomic weight of hydrogen.1

It is my task today to present some thoughts about a new and, as I believe, extremely powerful tool in biological and biochemical research: A small number of isotopes which can be readily distinguished and quantitatively determined by relatively simple physical means.

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  1. Department of Physiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., USA

    Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen (Dr. Odont, Dr. phil., Professor Emeritus and Adjunct Professor)

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Schmidt-Nielsen, B. (1995). The Introduction of Isotopes (1935–1944). In: August and Marie Krogh. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7530-9_18

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