Thursday, November 27, 2014

[sgmjdkgd] Stabilizing gold-195

Gold 195 is the longest lived unstable isotope of gold, normally decaying with a half life of 186 days by electron capture.  Can the half life be significantly increased by chemical means?  Deprive it of electrons to capture.

A significant presence of 195 ruins the mononuclidic property of stable gold-197.  Of course, there remains the task of creating gold 195 in the first place.

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