What is the sea of instability

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The "sea of instability" refers to a region of elements on the periodic table that are highly unstable. These elements have extremely short half-lives that may be measured in micro- or nanoseconds. (A nanosecond is the time it takes for light to travel one foot.) This region of unstable elements surrounds the island of stability.

Alexeev081 [22]3 years ago

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These are unstable elements that die quickly.

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The answer to your question is given below.

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