New sodium isotope challenges theories of exotic atomic nuclei.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Cho, Adrian
- Source
- Science; 10/28/2022, Vol. 378 Issue 6618, p344-344, 1p, 1 Color Photograph
- Subject
- Sodium
Neutrons
Atomic nucleus
Protons
Chlorine
- Language
- ISSN
- 00368075
The article focuses on form of sodium which is the element that combines with chlorine to make salt and packs a whacking several neutrons in its atomic nucleus, along with the protons that define its chemical identity. Topics include considered with more than double the several neutrons in natural sodium, the neutronrich isotope of the element is so extreme that few theoretical models predicted its existence.