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Topic	If you could spend a week on any planet in the solar system..
Questionmarktarius 12/31/21 3:49:12 AM #35:	The absurd stability of the alpha particle constrains everything else. There is no stable isotope at mass numbers 5 or 8, and everything past 62 is theoretically susceptible to alpha decay. Bismuth only became "unstable" in 2012, and its half-life is so absurdly long that it's irrelevant. Probably two bismuth atoms on earth decayed to thallium today. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:961349812] in If you cou... [t:79833322]...</cite> <quote>The absurd stability of the alpha particle constrains everything else. There is no stable isotope at mass numbers 5 or 8, and everything past 62 is theoretically susceptible to alpha decay. Bismuth only became "unstable" in 2012, and its half-life is so absurdly long that it's irrelevant. Probably two bismuth atoms on earth decayed to thallium today. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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