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Tantalizing Tantalum (2015)
- zeristor 8y agoScott Manley discussed long lived isotopes after the recent findings of Xenon decay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-pH9X29rBE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-pH9X29rBE But then went on to talk about metastable Tantalum 180. Ta180 has a half life of eight hours or so, but the metastable state, that is the nucleus is in an excited state has a supposed half life of millions of billions of years, quite a treat to learn this.
- bayareanative 8y ago180m/73 Ta - HL > 10^15y. Fly safe.