Why are the larger elements more unstable and radioactive the closer to the bottom and right of the periodic table you go?
In: Chemistry
It gets progressively more difficult to smoosh that many protons together without them flying apart. You know how opposites attract? Protons aren’t opposites of each other, and they’re not really hyped about hanging out. They tolerate it to a certain extent but eventually it’s just too much and they can’t stand each other anymore
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