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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I was reading about some terribly unholy chemistry once where the researchers wanted to make a molecule but it just wouldn't happen. So they instead made it with a radioactive isotope of a heavier element, then as it decays the molecule becomes their desired product.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decay_technique

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

That is SICK. I love science hacks. Thank you for sharing!