General Chemistry 10th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1-28505-137-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-137-6

Chapter 20 - Nuclear Chemistry - Questions and Problems - Page 867: 20.3

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We can predict whether a nucleus is stable as follows We check whether nuclei has one of the magic number of protons and neutrons. We also check whether the nuclei fall in the band of stability. There are no stable nuclei above atomic number 83.
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