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The island of stability in nuclear physics is an isolated set of predicted isotopes of superheavy elements that may have considerably longer half-lives than similar isotopes. Its theoretical existence is attributed to stabilizing effects of closed nuclear shells and magic numbers of protons and neutrons. The island of stability is generally thought to center near copernicium and flerovium isotopes with around 184 neutrons. While the effects are expected to be greatest for isotopes with around 114 protons, there may also be islands of stability around heavier nuclei with magic numbers of both protons and neutrons. Estimates of the stability of elements on the island are usually around a half-life of minutes or days, with some estimates up to millions of years. The successful synthesis of elements with up to 118 protons and 177 neutrons has demonstrated a slight stabilizing effect that supports the existence of the island of stability.

Pinging ComplexRational. Just a suggested blurb ... thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 16:02, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you; I've been thinking about a TFA for this in the background. I'll work on this blurb over the next few days. ComplexRational (talk) 02:48, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It's currently 965 characters; blurbs run from 925 to 1025 characters. I'll have a look when you're done. - Dank (push to talk) 02:51, 17 February 2020 (UTC)