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  2. Even and odd atomic nuclei - Wikipedia

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    For an example of this effect where the spin effect is subtracted, tantalum-180, the oddodd low-spin (theoretical) decay product of primordial tantalum-180m, itself has a half life of only about eleven hours. [8] Many oddodd radionuclides (like tantalum-180) with comparatively short half lives are known.

  3. Atom - Wikipedia

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    An atom consists of a nucleus of protons and generally neutrons, surrounded by an electromagnetically bound swarm of electrons. The chemical elements are distinguished from each other by the number of protons that are in their atoms. For example, any atom that contains 11 protons is sodium, and any atom that contains 29 protons is copper.

  4. List of elements by stability of isotopes - Wikipedia

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    Since a nucleus with an odd number of protons is relatively less stable, odd-numbered elements tend to have fewer stable isotopes. Of the 26 "monoisotopic" elements that have only a single stable isotope, all but one have an odd atomic number—the single exception being beryllium. In addition, no odd-numbered element has more than two stable ...

  5. Oddo–Harkins rule - Wikipedia

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    Abundance of elements in Earth's crust per million Si atoms (y axis is logarithmic); the Oddo–Harkins rule is visible for most of the metallic elements.. All atoms heavier than hydrogen are formed in stars or supernovae through nucleosynthesis, when gravity, temperature and pressure reach levels high enough to fuse protons and neutrons together.

  6. Fermion - Wikipedia

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    The atom helium-3 (3 He) consists of two protons, one neutron, and two electrons. The deuterium atom consists of one proton, one neutron, and one electron. The number of bosons within a composite particle made up of simple particles bound with a potential has no effect on whether it is a boson or a fermion.

  7. Atomic nucleus - Wikipedia

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    The adoption of the term "nucleus" to atomic theory, however, was not immediate. In 1916, for example, Gilbert N. Lewis stated, in his famous article The Atom and the Molecule, that "the atom is composed of the kernel and an outer atom or shell." [12] Similarly, the term kern meaning kernel is used for nucleus in German and Dutch.

  8. Glossary of chemistry terms - Wikipedia

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    Also acid ionization constant or acidity constant. A quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution expressed as an equilibrium constant for a chemical dissociation reaction in the context of acid-base reactions. It is often given as its base-10 cologarithm, p K a. acid–base extraction A chemical reaction in which chemical species are separated from other acids and bases. acid ...

  9. Nilsson model - Wikipedia

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    For an axially symmetric shape with the axis of symmetry being the z axis, the Hamiltonian is = + (+) ( ). Here m is the mass of the nucleon, N is the total number of harmonic oscillator quanta in the spherical basis, is the orbital angular momentum operator, is its square (with eigenvalues (+)), = (/) (+) is the average value of over the N shell, and s is the intrinsic spin.