The “Nested Doll” Nucleus Nitrogen-9 Stretches the Definition of a Nucleus to the Limit (IMAGE)
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Nitrogen-9 decays by first emitting one proton, generating carbon-8, then two protons, generating beryllium-6, and finally two more protons, with the resulting residue of a stable alpha particle.
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