Re:Physicists may now have a way to make element 120
by AdamH12113 on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @02:04PM
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Why does that graph look like it's upside-down? Shouldn't having more binding energy per nucleon make an isotope less stable, not more? Are the energies implied to be negative potential energy?
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Binding_energy_curve_-_co...