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Re:Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 by AdamH12113 on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @02:04PM (#41059863)
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?
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Re:Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 by HPsquared on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @02:33PM (#41060224)
Binding energy = energy released when the nucleons bind together.

In other words, energy required to break them apart.

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