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Bismuth No Longer the Heaviest Stable Element

Posted by michael on from the first-slashdot-story-to-use-the-word-bismuth dept.

forii writes "Bismuth-209 was commonly thought to be the heaviest stable element. But now Physicists have discovered that Bi-209 actually is unstable and decays with a halflife of 2*10^19 years. This means that the average 8oz (237ml) bottle of Pepto-Bismol contains one decay event every 36 hours or so."

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  1. ruined! by Tablizer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Hector, you drank my experiment! Now I will never know its half-life!"

    "Sorry, Dr. Lanse, but my stomach was really upset."

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    Table-ized A.I.