Lightest known of uranium created
Jun 10, 2021
2 minutes
Words by Mara Johnson-Groh
“Because neutrons have mass, uranium-214 is much lighter than common isotopes”
cientists have discovered a new type of uranium – the lightest ever known. The discovery could reveal more about a weird alpha particle that gets ejected from certain radioactive elements as they decay. The newfound uranium, called uranium-214, is an isotope – a
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