Solubility of Sucrose Ethanol - Nuclear Chemistry Topics - Non-Elaborate Posts - Post 3
Usage of a bit of a parallel post
In nuclear chemistry, certain isotopes are like solutes trying to dissolve in an unforgiving medium called “ground state, ambient conditions.” Some isotopes are “soluble” — stable, long-lived, found in nature. Others are “insoluble” — they decay quickly, they cannot persist without external energy or intervention.
Just as sucrose flounders in ethanol at room temperature, existing only in minuscule amounts (≈ 0.5–0.6 g per 100 mL ethanol), many would-be isotopes flounder in the ambient universe — they are energetically disfavored, or quickly decay via alpha, beta, or gamma emission.
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