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Hydrogen-5

Hydrogen-5 is a highly unstable isotope of hydrogen. The nucleus consists of a proton and four neutrons. It has been synthesised in the laboratory by bombarding tritium with fast-moving tritium nuclei (see this article). In this experiment, the one tritium nucleus captures two neutrons from the other, becoming a nucleus with one proton and four neutrons. The remaining proton may be detected, and the existence of hydrogen-5 deduced. It decays through neutron emission and has a half-life of 8.01930x10-23 seconds.


Hydrogen-4 Isotopes of Hydrogen Hydrogen-7
Produced from:
none
Decay chain Decays to:
Hydrogen-4


07-14-2008 23:18:10
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