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Nuclear Shell Model
Accepted · 1949
- Status
- Accepted
- Year
- 1949
Summary
Protons and neutrons fill quantised shells much as electrons do, with closed shells at the 'magic numbers'. It explains which nuclei are unusually stable, and which are the ones that fission.
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