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nick@midwest.social 6 months ago
Although bismuth-209 is now known to be radioactive, it has classically been considered to be a stable isotope because it has a half-life of approximately 2.01×1019 years, which is more than a billion times the age of the universe. Besides 209Bi, the most stable bismuth radioisotopes are 210mBi with a half-life of 3.04 million years, 208Bi with a half-life of 368,000 years and 207Bi, with a half-life of 32.9 years, none of which occurs in nature
God damn.
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Isotopes like bismuth 209 make me wonder whether all elements beyond iron radioactive, just with absurdly long half-lives.