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Tyson says models hint at an ‘island of stability’ among superheavy elements in the 120s
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Neil Describes Where We Might Find New Elements
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"Rumor has it that in the 120s, we do our math on the models of atomic nucleon that there might be an island of stability. Oh, so we might get to a place where we might find something and it won't decay. It won't decay."
On StarTalk Radio, Neil deGrasse Tyson says that, based on atomic-nucleus models, “rumor has it” there could be an “island of stability” for superheavy elements “in the 120s”, where some nuclei might be far longer-lived than the rapidly decaying elements synthesised so far. He adds that researchers are “not there yet.”
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- Neil deGrasse Tyson · host
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- StarTalk Radio
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- Neil Describes Where We Might Find New Elements
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