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A hypothesis of the existence of a long-lived isotope 271Hs in natural molybdenites and osmirides is considered from a geochemical point of view. It is shown that the presence of Hs in these minerals can be explained only by making an additional ad hoc assumption on the existence of an isobaric pair of 271Bh-271Hs. This assumption could be tested by mass-spectrometric measurements of U, Pb, Kr, Xe, and Zr isotopic shifts.
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Original Russian Text © A.V. Ivanov, 2006, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Fizika Elementarnykh Chastits i Atomnogo Yadra, 2006, No. 3 (132), pp. 42–48.
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Ivanov, A.V. The possible existence of Hs in nature from a geochemical point of view. Phys. Part. Nuclei Lett. 3, 165–168 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1547477106030046
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