VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2025-07-21
“Aluminum-20 is the lightest aluminum isotope that has been discovered so far. Located beyond the proton drip line, it has seven fewer neutrons than the stable aluminum isotope,”
Xu Xiaodong · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-21
Physicists have reported the first observation and spectroscopy of aluminum-20, an unstable isotope that decays via three-proton emission.
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