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In search of the island of stability

New observations may help extend the periodic table.

Research unveiled this week may help pinpoint the 'island of stability' — a theoretical region of relatively stable but very heavy elements beyond the limits of the current periodic table.

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Posted by Nicola Jones on August 23, 2006 07:45 PM |

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Unless I am very much mistaken, the magic number of protons 'box' diagram appears to be wrong. http://www.nature.com/news/2006/060821/multimedia/060821-8-m1.html Lead has 82 protons, while tin has 50. Lead is adjacent to 50 protons in the magic proton number table, tin is absent.

[Editor's note: You're right! This is being fixed.]

Posted by: K. Haxton | August 24, 2006 11:08 PM

Is the wonderful stylized "map of isoptopes" available somewhere in a larger size?

Posted by: tarik saleh | August 29, 2006 06:29 PM

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