The same word can refer to both in different ways, AFAIK. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_isomer
Matter of fact, I would opine that the ORMES, if they exist (which is not a good bet) are in this category. -----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton Jones Beene wrote: > Anyway the "island of stability" of heavy atoms might contain an isomer of a heavy element which is stable I thought 'isomer' referred to compounds. Maybe you were thinking 'isotope'? T
