The Nuclear Periodic Table (IMAGE)

Kyoto University

The Nuclear Periodic Table

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Protons have different stable magic numbers: 2, 8, 20, 28, and so on. When nuclear orbits are filled with protons, they form stable nuclei, analogous to the noble-gas elements

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Kyoto University/Yoshiteru Maeno/Kouichi Hagino

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