Re: Number of neutrons per proton?

From: Golden Boar (goldenboar_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/14/05 

Date: 14 Jan 2005 12:15:34 -0800

PD wrote:
> Golden Boar wrote:
> > Is there a maximum number of neutrons per proton within an atom?
>
> Depends on the atom. Check out this table that shows which isotopes
> (proton-neutron combinations) are stable, which are there but not
> stable, and which are not seen at all.
> http://physics.bu.edu/cc104/indium0.html

>>From a first look at the above link, I found that the maximum number of
neutrons per proton is 3, as in the case of Helium-8 which has 2
protons and 6 neutrons.

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