[meteorite-list] Super-heavy elements in meteorites?

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:12:06 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTink_GaopoJTIlaXWgHoJSJd7aEnc8K38d8z9BgR_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi Goran and List,

What about the isotopes that reside within the "island of stability"?
Have any traces of them ever been detected? Those isotopes have
longer half-lives.

Best regards,

MikeG


On 7/12/10, G?ran Axelsson <axelsson at acc.umu.se> wrote:
> All the transuranium elements are highly unstable so any trace amounts
> of the super heavy elements are gone in just seconds to days. I think it
> is a safe bet that there are none ever detected in meteorites.
> Plutonium (Pu 94) and neptunium (Np 93) are the only transuranium
> elements that have half life measured in years and they are formed by
> decay of uranium, but I've never heard about them being detected in
> meteorites.
>
> /G?ran
>
> Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote:
>> Hi List!
>>
>> Does anyone know if super-heavy elements are found in meteorites (even
>> in tiny amounts)?
>>
>> Specifically, elements 112 to 119 or the transitionary metals between
>> 104 and 111?
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
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