Stable Superheavy element Ubb with Z=122 and A=292 found in nature - Unbibium
Looks like we got a package from the island of nuclear stability!
I am surprised by this claim of finding super-duper-heavy element with Z=122 or Z=124. The last I heard was that the element Z=118 didn’t exist in nature, but was manufactured, and it had a very short life. The new element with Z=122 or Z=124 is apparently stable and is found in nature!
It’s like you go past the island of stability and find a mountain of solidity.
It sort of makes intuitive sense. When there are so many nuclei, and then when you have neutron deficit on top of it, it is likely that the nucleus would not be a sphere but of some other deformed shape; which in turn would make the shell take on a deformed shape. So, itt may be a highly deformed, long lived isometric state of Z=122, because the ground state of an element with Z=122 is expected to decay within microseconds.
The temporary name of the element will presumably be Unbibbium (Ubb) or Unbiquadium (Ubq).
Evidence for a long-lived superheavy nucleus with atomic mass number A=292 and atomic number Z=~122 in natural Th
Authors: A. Marinov, I. Rodushkin, D. Kolb, A. Pape, Y. Kashiv, R. Brandt, R.V. Gentry, H.W. Miller
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