# Useful nuclear isotopes Science fiction writers in the mid 20th century envisioned nuclear isotopes as almost adding a “third dimension” to the periodic table. It may be that this was just a pipe dream and you don’t get that many additional properties from isotopes either alone or in bigger systems. Perhaps part of the vision was also wrapped up in the idea that it is possible to transmute materials Is there a good list of potentially useful nuclear isotopes? * Uranium for bombs (duh) * Hydrogen for bombs * Lithium-6 for bombs * Silicon to improve crystal structure and conductivity (wut?) [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Useful+nuclear+isotopes) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/Useful+nuclear+isotopes)