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neutron drip lines

neutron drip lines is the plural of neutron drip line.

Meaning of neutron drip line

Noun

neutron drip line (plural neutron drip lines)

  1. The jagged line, on a chart showing the number of protons and neutrons of all known isotopes, beyond which neutron-rich nuclei are unstable and emit neutrons.

Questions about neutron drip lines

What is neutron drip lines the plural of?
Neutron drip lines is the plural of neutron drip line.

Words near neutron drip lines in the dictionary

  1. neutron capture
  2. neutron cross section
  3. neutron cross sections
  4. neutron diffraction
  5. neutron drip line
  6. neutron drip lines
  7. neutron emission
  8. neutron flux
  9. neutron fluxes
  10. neutron halo
  11. neutron halos

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