Talk:Island of stability
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High-spin nuclear isomers?
editHave there been any attempts to determine whether metastable nuclear isomers, similar to tantalum-180m, may exist in the superheavy region of the periodic table? If something like that exists, it would constitute a different type of island of stability. Ta-180m is observationally stable despite being an excited state, this is because it has spin 9 and thus its decay is highly forbidden. There might be others out there, but actually synthesizing such a nuclide might be extraordinarily difficult (as would locating them, since even if they occur naturally they would be extremely rare, just as Ta-180m is). The Yrast article seems to hint at such a possibility, FWIW.174.213.246.193 (talk) 03:43, 29 November 2023 (UTC)
I dont think 310126 is part of the island of stability
editThis image shows that 310126 is not proton-bound. As a result, I think it should be mentioned somewhere on this article. 24.115.255.37 (talk) 23:40, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
- Should also be mentioned on Extended periodic table 24.115.255.37 (talk) 23:44, 18 May 2024 (UTC)
Use of narrow gaps instead of commas as thousand separators in science articles
editAccording to the Manual of Style, you may use as a thousand separator either a comma or a narrow gap (obtained by using the template {{gaps}}).
Nonetheless, the Manual of Style also states that grouping of digits using narrow gaps is “especially recommended for articles related to science, technology, engineering or mathematics”. This is due to the fact that it's the normalized way in the international standards (ISO/IEC 80000 and International System of Units), and also it's the recommended style by ANSI and NIST.
Proposal: Change to format numbers with gaps (i.e. "1000000" instead of "1,000,000").
Note: I do the proposal instead of changing it myself because, since it's a featured article, I believe it's better to gain consensus beforehand.
Thanks. RGLago (talk) 18:06, 11 November 2024 (UTC)