stable nucleus

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stable nucleus [′stā·bəl ′nü·klē·əs]

(nuclear physics)

A nucleus which does not spontaneously undergo radioactive decay.

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No references found			The fission fragments produced when the uranium nuclei split are highly radioactive and emit alphaparticles and beta and gamma rays until finally a stable nucleus is formed. Nuclear power and the energy crisis by Hodgson, P.E / Modern Age In fusion, two atomically light nuclei -- such as the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium -- merge into a heavier, more energetically stable nucleus. Math society says no to SDI funding by Peterson, Ivars / Science News Then the lighter element decays to something still lighter, and so on until the chain reaches a stable nucleus. On the trail of element 110 by Science News			stabilized platform stabilized winding Stabilizer stabilizer bar Stabilizer of Polymer Plastics Stabilizer, Electrical Stabilizer, Ship stabilizing magnetic field Stabilizing Selection stabilizing treatment Stabilotron Tube stabistor stable stable bundle stable door stable element stable equilibrium stable factor Stable Fly stable graph stable homeomorphism conjecture stable isobar stable isotope Stable Liabilities stable local oscillator stable nucleus stable orbit Stable Platform stable strobe stable system stable vertical stable-base film Stabroek STAC stac compression Staccato Stachybotryotoxicosis Stachyose Stachys Stack Stack Annealing Furnace stack automaton stack bond stack cap stack cutting stack dump stack effect Stack Environment Control Dump machine stack fault stack frame stack gas			Stable Image Assurance Program Stable Image Platform Program Stable Implementation Agreements stable isobar stable isotope stable isotope stable isotope stable isotope Stable Isotope Ratio Facility for Environmental Research Stable Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry Stable isotopes Stable isotopes Stable Isotopes in Biospheric-Atmospheric Exchange Stable Isotopes Labeling by Amino Acids in Cell Culture stable lad stable lads Stable Liabilities Stable Local Oscillator Stable Local Oscillator Stable Lung Transplant Recipients Stable Master Oscillator Stable Member Stable Memory Stable Network Technologies, Inc. Stable Noisy Optimization by Branch and Fit Stable Non-Reactive Hazardous Waste Stable North American Reference Frame Stable Nucleic-Acid Lipid Particle stable nucleus stable orbit Stable Orbit Rendezvous Stable Paretian, or Fractal Hypothesis stable patient Stable Plasma Protein Solution Stable Platform Stable Platform Stable Platform and Housing Technology Infusion Project Stable Platform Control Unit Stable Platform Deck Assembly stable pneumonia stable pneumonia stable pneumonia stable population stable population stable population stable population Stable Queue Manager Stable Queue Transaction Manager Stable Release Update Stable Semisubmerged Platform Stable stand stable state stable strobe stable system Stable Tasmanian Open Repository Service Stable Thromboxane A2 Analogue Stable Toxin Stable Unit Treatment Value Assumption Stable Value Association

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