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You have seen that filled electron energy levels correspond to chemically stable atoms. A similar principle holds for nuclear energy levels; nuclei with equally filled proton and neutron energy levels are especially stable. What are the three lightest isotopes whose proton and neutron energy levels are both filled, and filled equally?
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