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Applied to a chemical species, the term expresses a thermodynamic property in reference to a standard, stating that one state is lower in energy than another. The tag should be applied to questions seeking answers with respect to the stability (or instability) of a certain chemical species, molecular entity and/or electronic structure. It must not be applied to questions about the reactivity of particular chemical species.

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What is the most stable oxide of francium?

With a half-life of just 22 minutes for the longest-lived isotope francium-223, Wikipedia says that due to intense heat of radioactivity it vaporizes itself. This is because as more and more atoms of …
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Stability of beryllium isotopes

I have been reading about isotopes and their abundance on Wikipedia. It states that lithium has 2 stable isotopes, beryllium has 1 stable isotope (monoisotopic and mononuclidic) and boron has 2 stable …
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Why is the +3 oxidation state of Cerium more stable than +4?

In other words, we cannot compensate the tremendous surge in energy of Ce$^{4+}$ with the stability achieved by attaining noble gas configuration. …
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Stability of hexazine

I read about a hypothetical compound called hexazine on Wikenigma. It's a 6-membered ring all of whose atoms are nitrogen and they form alternate single and double bonds just similar to benzene. But i …
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