radioisotopes!
Chemistry
Level
2
what is the most stable radioisotope of hydrogen?
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Hydrogen 6
Protium
Hydrogen 7
hydrogen 5
tritium
deuterium
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1 solution
Tritium is the most stable radioactive isotope of hydrogen, deuterium is a non-radioactive isotope of hydrogen and Protium is just plain old hydrogen. from here it gets interesting hydrogen 4, 5,6 and 7 decay in a matter of yoctoseconds .
There is also one more isotope of hydrogen known as Hydrogen-4.1, which also known as "neutral muonic helium", it is called that because it is similar to helium as it has 2 protons and 2 neutrons, but one of its electrons is replaced by a muon. Since the orbital of the muon is very near the atomic nucleus, that muon can be seen as a part of the nucleus, so the whole atom can be described as: The atomic nucleus is composed of 1 muon, 2 protons and 2 neutrons, and only one electron orbiting, so it can be considered as an exotic isotope of hydrogen. !