<Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> In nuclear physics, the island of stability is the prediction that a set of heavy nuclides with a near magic number of protons and neutrons will temporarily reverse the trend of decreasing stability in elements heavier than uranium . Although predictions of the exact location differ somewhat, Klaus Blaum expects the island of stability to occur in the atomic mass region near the nuclide 300 120 Ubn . Estimates about the amount of stability on the island are usually around a half - life of minutes or days, with some predictions expecting half - lives of millions of years . </P> <P> Although the nuclear shell model has existed since the 1960s, the existence of such superheavy, relatively stable nuclides has not been demonstrated . Like the rest of the superheavy elements, the nuclides on the island of stability have never been found in nature, and so must be created artificially in a nuclear reaction to be studied . However, scientists have not found a way to carry out such a reaction . </P> <P> With a nuclide graph of protons and neutrons with the third dimension of height being the binding energy, the stability region can be visualized as a valley instead of an island . </P>

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