calcium-48
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[edit]Noun
[edit]calcium-48 (uncountable)
- (physics) A naturally-occurring isotope of calcium, 4820Ca, having twenty protons and twenty-eight neutrons. It decays very slowly, with a half-life of 4.3x1019 years. Because it is unusually neutron-rich, it is popular for the manufacture of superheavy elements.