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  • tantalum
    tantalum

    …is in one stable isotope, tantalum-181. However, a small amount, 0.012 percent, is tantalum-180, which has the unusual property of being found in its excited state. The tantalum-180 excited state has a half-life of more than 1.2 × 1015 years; the ground state (the lowest energy state) has a half-life…

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    …is in one stable isotope, tantalum-181. However, a small amount, 0.012 percent, is tantalum-180, which has the unusual property of being found in its excited state. The tantalum-180 excited state has a half-life of more than 1.2 × 1015 years; the ground state (the lowest energy state) has a half-life…

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