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Subject: Nucleons and the Atom

Date: Fri Jan 6 08:42:19 2006
Posted by vicky
Grade level: undergrad School: Leicester uni
City: Leicester State/Province: Leics Country: UK
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1136562139.Ph
Message:

It came to my attention whilst not quite doing my homework, that there is no 
atom which contains 5 nucleons! Helium has 3 or 4, Lithium has 6, 7 or 8 but 
neither seems to want 5. Is this just a big error in my textbook(Introductory 
Nuclear Physics, K S Krane, 2nd ed Appendix c.)or is there something so 
unstable about that configuration?
Thanks in advance.
vicky


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