Researchers observe new, very short-lived neptunium isotope
Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 08:30
in Earth & Climate
In a recent study, researchers at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators reported the first discovery of 222Np, a new very short-lived neptunium (Np) isotope, and validated the N = 126 shell effect in Np isotopes.