Promethium’s short half-life and lack of stable isotopes makes it difficult to study. In addition, promethium is difficult to ...
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CONSIDERATION of nuclear systematics shows that, if any stable isotope of promethium exists, it would almost certainly have a mass number 145, 147 or 149, or possibly 143 with the stable 82 ...