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Wednesday, October 24, 2007

"MATERIALS: Atom smasher unleashes new isotopes"

You might have thought that scientists had already cataloged the 118 natural elements--from hydrogen to silicon to uranium--and their various isotopes. Unfortunately, only the first eight elements--hydrogen to oxygen--have had all their isotopes recorded. Recently, Michigan State University's National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) began smashing atoms in hopes of cataloging the isotopes for the other 110 elements on the periodic table. So far, they've found three never-before-observed isotopes of silicon, aluminum and magnesium.
Text: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202601164