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hwall95
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Ive been researching for a while now and i still can't understand why neutrons rich isotopes are unstable. As neutrons act like the glue and hold protons together as they increase the Strong Nuclear force that act upon protons and neutrons, i thought the more neutrons the stronger they would become.
And second question, is there anyway to know for sure that an isotope is stable, without like researching the isotope or experimentally. Like even if you apply the neutron ratio and magic numbers and the even/even rules, is there also ways a certain level of uncertainty when being theoretical.
And second question, is there anyway to know for sure that an isotope is stable, without like researching the isotope or experimentally. Like even if you apply the neutron ratio and magic numbers and the even/even rules, is there also ways a certain level of uncertainty when being theoretical.