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Search for Stable Elements Heavier than Uranium

FEB 01, 1969

DOI: 10.1063/1.3035403

Recent theoretical calculations suggest that element number 110 may live for millions of years. Researchers are looking for such a stable, superheavy element in platinum ores and cosmic rays and by heavy‐ion bombardment of heavy nuclei.

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Volume 22, Number 2

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