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> Except in neutron stars and black holes, atoms are very stable. Radioactive elements excepted, of course. And when they get struck by ionizing photons. So
by IAmBroom 1y ago
> Except in neutron stars and black holes, atoms are very stable.
Radioactive elements excepted, of course.
And when they get struck by ionizing photons.
So I would rather say: non-radioactive atomic nuclei are stable.
- Workaccount2 1y agoRadioactive atoms are just unstable atoms shedding energy to until they fall into a stable atom state. It's not really atoms falling apart into non-atoms.
- JumpCrisscross 1y agoTo be fair, everything is stable if we restrict ourselves to their stable subsets.
- IAmBroom 1y agoExactly. It's like saying baked goods are shelf-stable because they degrade into humus, which is shelf-stable.