Island of stability

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

The theory here is that there may be a range of superheavy isotopes that remain stable and possibly further stable electron shells well beyond the range of elements currently known to exist naturally. Indeed the failure to find them may just be due to such a low incidence.

Perhaps one could speculate on their availability in peculiar regions of the cosmos where space-time and gravity are distorted?

Link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability

pgk

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

An interesting concept

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

…and the first guy to make these isotopes is lauded as a hero…

…and then the government puts the Hiroshima bomb into a matchbox…

plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

That type of bomb is not made from stable isotopes.

[Martin KyteParticipant @martinkyte99762]

Handy for working scale governors though.

regards Martin

[pgk pgkParticipant @pgkpgk17461]

I wonder if one can speculate/extrapolate to another stable electron shell and a whole new slew of stable elements with novel properties….?

[Andrew TinsleyParticipant @andrewtinsley63637]

As a physicist I have been waiting for 30 years to see if the Island of Stability becomes fact, If it does, then the new elements will be radioactive but half lives may be expected to be measured in years or even greater,

The relative stability of this probable island, depends on the construction of the nucleus, not the electron orbitals associated with the nucleus.

Andrew.

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