Oak Ridge National Laboratory: 'Doubly Magic' Rare Isotope Oxygen-28 Can't Overcome Its Neutron-Rich Instability
September 01, 2023
September 01, 2023
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release:
Isotopes - atoms of a particular element that have different numbers of neutrons - can be used for a variety of tasks, from tracking climate change to conducting medical research.
Investigating rare isotopes, which have extreme neutron-to-proton imbalances and are often created in accelerator facilities, provides scientists with oppo . . .
Isotopes - atoms of a particular element that have different numbers of neutrons - can be used for a variety of tasks, from tracking climate change to conducting medical research.
Investigating rare isotopes, which have extreme neutron-to-proton imbalances and are often created in accelerator facilities, provides scientists with oppo . . .