Here’s how long the periodic table’s unstable elements last

Some of these isotopes have half-lives of seconds or less, while others last and last

uranium on the periodic table

HALF-LIFE COUNTDOWN  Generally, for elements after uranium on the periodic table, the further along elements are — the higher their atomic number — the less time they endure.

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On the periodic table, most elements have at least one stable form.