Nuclear Stability Facts

• 270 Stable nuclides

• 1700 radionuclides

• Every element has at least one one radioisotope

• For light elements (Z?20), Z:N ratio is ~1

• Z:N ratio increases toward 1.5 for heavy elements

• For Zᢋ, all isotopes are radioactive

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