fun with Wikipedia
Sep. 20th, 2006 10:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eubI don't think I ever knew that such a thing as nuclear isomers existed. Coool.
Wikipedia says:
Wikipedia says:
- Ta-180m is essentially stable, "present in all tantalum samples at about 1 part in 8300".
- Ta-180m can be induced to decay, with release of X-rays, by stimulation with weaker X-rays.
- It is not presently an economical source of power, being priced at $17 million per gram.
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Date: 2006-09-21 07:04 am (UTC)The Hafnium-isomer gamma-ray laser possibility pops up on rec.arts.sf.* every now and again. From the wikipedia article, I guess it's still not clear whether the stimulated-decay of that isomer actually happens...