Posted on 05/02/2014 8:33:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Science students around the world will soon have a new member of the periodic table of elements to memorize: super-heavy element 117, dubbed ununseptium. The element is 40 percent heavier than lead.
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“There are predictions that super-heavy elements should exist which are very long-lived,” Düllmann told Live Science. “It is interesting to find out if half-lives become long again for very heavy elements, especially if very neutron-rich species are made.”
Ordinarily, researchers say, the more protons and neutrons are stuffed into an atomic nucleus, the more unstable the atom becomes. Super-heavy elements made in the laboratory last only microseconds before decaying. Nevertheless, scientists theorize that an ‘island of stability’ exists where super-heavy elements do not decay but become stable. They say such elements could have many practical uses.
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Very cute. Thank you.
Bob had some 115 for a while, then it was stolen.
Probably to run the chronosphere of Project Backstep for a 7 day national security matter. Couldn’t resist. Liked 7 Days.
How clever is that? Now everybody has to buy a new chart for their wall........
When bell-bottom pants come back into style, I won't have to buy any cause I still have mine........
Bump for the book.
Funny...
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