I mean, stability of a nucleus can still be reduced even though the overall nucleus is still damn stable … and I think that there are some kinds of non-trends within radioactivity half-lives, so that even-Z isotopes have longer half-lives or whatever. But then I repeat: I am not a nuclear physicist ;)
For isobars (i.e. nuclides with a constant mass number $A$), the binding energy $E$ as a function of the atomic number $Z$ describes a parabola, the so-called valley of β-stability (see also Weizsäcker’s formula or semi-empirical mass formula).
$$E = a \cdot Z^2 + b \cdot Z + c \pm d/A^{3/4}$$
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@Mart coming from someone inside the system, which Japanese unis would you suggest for good organic chemistry in general? Just so I know which to treat preferentially when looking for postdoc positions xD
For isobars (i.e. nuclides with a constant mass number $A$), the binding energy $E$ as a function of the atomic number $Z$ describes a parabola, the so-called valley of β-stability (see also Weizsäcker’s formula or semi-empirical mass formula).
$$E = a \cdot Z^2 + b \cdot Z + c \pm d/A^{3/4}$$
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The Periodic Table
The Periodic Table