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Explore an interactive periodic table of the elements open-pit mine Figure 12: The energy levels of three nuclei with A = 6, relative to the ground state of 6Li after subtraction of the calculated electrostatic energy. The isospin T = 1 levels exist in all three nuclei. first ionization energies of the elements nuclear binding energies decay of beryllium-7
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Three fragments of Lithium metal.
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Workers drilling holes for explosives to recover lithium and spodumene in Ravensthorpe,...
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Figure 12: The energy levels of three nuclei with A = 6, relative to the...
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first ionization energies of the elements
First ionization energies of the elements.
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nuclear binding energies
Nuclear binding energies, shown as a function of atomic mass number.
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decay of beryllium-7
Figure 1: Radioactive decay of beryllium-7 to lithium-7 by electron capture (EC;...
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