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Article: Upper limit of the periodic table and synthesis of superheavy elements.
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- Progress in Physics
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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For the first time, using the heaviest possible element, the diagram for known nuclides and stable isotopes is constructed. The direction of search of superheavy elements is indicated. The Periodic Table with an eighth period is tabulated.
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1 Shell construction of a nucleus, magic numbers
The nucleus of an atom is the central part of the atom, consisting of positively charged protons (Z) and electrically neutral neutrons (N). They interact by means of the strong interaction.
If a nucleus of an atom is consider as a particle with a certain number of protons and neutrons it is called a nuclide. A nuclide is that version of an ...