stablity of elements

Si atomic number is 14, atomic is about wgt=28 Ge atomic number is 32, atomic is about wgt=73

When you place a small piece of Ge or Si inside a bowl you'll need more energy to get the piece of Ge outside the bowl than to get the piece of Si. Hence, in language of physics we can say that Ge is more stable than Si.

Fred wrote in news:46e160e3$0$26127$ snipped-for-privacy@news.free.fr:

?? Try radium. That's even heavier. Wouldn't call it stable, exactly.

Lostgallifreyan wrote in news:Xns99A4B7D8272CBzoodlewurdle@140.99.99.130:

Also, work upward in the same column, you see carbon 12, and that's extremely stable.

Le Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:04:23 +0000, Lostgallifreyan a écrit:

The extrem stupidity of my answer should have caught your attention.

Have a look at potential energy (the worlds 'weight', OK only 3 letters, and 'bowl' should have clued you) :-)

Fred Bartoli wrote in news:46e267ea$0$31933$ snipped-for-privacy@news.free.fr:

Do you mean that rhetorical bowl at the bottom of which iron always sits?