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  2. Nuclear drip line - Wikipedia

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    For all elements occurring naturally on earth and having an odd number of protons, at least one species with a proton separation energy less than zero has been experimentally observed. Up to germanium , the location of the drip line for many elements with an even number of protons is known, but none past that point are listed in the evaluated ...

  3. Atomic nucleus - Wikipedia

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    Protons define the entire charge of a nucleus, and hence its chemical identity. Neutrons are electrically neutral, but contribute to the mass of a nucleus to nearly the same extent as the protons. Neutrons can explain the phenomenon of isotopes (same atomic number with different atomic mass). The main role of neutrons is to reduce electrostatic ...

  4. Shape of the atomic nucleus - Wikipedia

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    The atomic nucleus is composed of protons and neutrons (collectively called nucleons). In the Standard model of particle physics, nucleons are in the group called hadrons, the smallest known particles in the universe to have measurable size and shape. [1] Each is in turn composed of three quarks.

  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. Atom - Wikipedia

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    Atoms with equal numbers of protons but a different number of neutrons are different isotopes of the same element. For example, all hydrogen atoms admit exactly one proton, but isotopes exist with no neutrons ( hydrogen-1 , by far the most common form, [ 57 ] also called protium), one neutron ( deuterium ), two neutrons ( tritium ) and more ...

  7. Periodic table - Wikipedia

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    All elements have multiple isotopes, variants with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. For example, carbon has three naturally occurring isotopes: all of its atoms have six protons and most have six neutrons as well, but about one per cent have seven neutrons, and a very small fraction have eight neutrons. Isotopes are ...

  8. Nuclear matter - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear matter is an idealized system of interacting nucleons (protons and neutrons) that exists in several phases of exotic matter that, as of yet, are not fully established. [2] It is not matter in an atomic nucleus, but a hypothetical substance consisting of a huge number of protons and neutrons held together by only nuclear forces and no ...

  9. Proton - Wikipedia

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    For free protons, this process does not occur spontaneously but only when energy is supplied. The equation is: p + + e − → n + ν e. The process is reversible; neutrons can convert back to protons through beta decay, a common form of radioactive decay. In fact, a free neutron decays this way, with a mean lifetime of about 15 minutes.