Physics:Isotopes of cerium
Naturally occurring cerium (58Ce) is composed of 4 stable isotopes: 136Ce, 138Ce, 140Ce, and 142Ce, with 140Ce being the most abundant (88.48% natural abundance) and the only one theoretically stable; 136Ce, 138Ce, and 142Ce are predicted to undergo double beta decay but this process has never been observed. There are 35 radioisotopes that have been characterized, with the most stable being 144Ce, with a half-life of 284.893 days; 139Ce, with a half-life of 137.640 days and 141Ce, with a half-life of 32.501 days. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than 4 days and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than 10 minutes. This element also has 10 meta states.
The isotopes of cerium range in atomic weight from 119 u (119Ce) to 157 u (157Ce).
List of isotopes
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Nuclide [n 1] |
Z | N | Isotopic mass (u) [n 2][n 3] |
Half-life [n 4] |
Decay mode [n 5] |
Daughter isotope [n 6] |
Spin and parity [n 7][n 4] |
Physics:Natural abundance (mole fraction) | |
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Excitation energy | Normal proportion | Range of variation | |||||||
119Ce | 58 | 61 | 118.95276(64)# | 200# ms | β+ | 119La | 5/2+# | ||
120Ce | 58 | 62 | 119.94664(75)# | 250# ms | β+ | 120La | 0+ | ||
121Ce | 58 | 63 | 120.94342(54)# | 1.1(1) s | β+ | 121La | (5/2)(+#) | ||
122Ce | 58 | 64 | 121.93791(43)# | 2# s | β+ | 122La | 0+ | ||
β+, p | 121Ba | ||||||||
123Ce | 58 | 65 | 122.93540(32)# | 3.8(2) s | β+ | 123La | (5/2)(+#) | ||
β+, p | 122Ba | ||||||||
124Ce | 58 | 66 | 123.93041(32)# | 9.1(12) s | β+ | 124La | 0+ | ||
125Ce | 58 | 67 | 124.92844(21)# | 9.3(3) s | β+ | 125La | (7/2−) | ||
β+, p | 124Ba | ||||||||
126Ce | 58 | 68 | 125.92397(3) | 51.0(3) s | β+ | 126La | 0+ | ||
127Ce | 58 | 69 | 126.92273(6) | 29(2) s | β+ | 127La | 5/2+# | ||
128Ce | 58 | 70 | 127.91891(3) | 3.93(2) min | β+ | 128La | 0+ | ||
129Ce | 58 | 71 | 128.91810(3) | 3.5(3) min | β+ | 129La | (5/2+) | ||
130Ce | 58 | 72 | 129.91474(3) | 22.9(5) min | β+ | 130La | 0+ | ||
130mCe | 2453.6(3) keV | 100(8) ns | (7−) | ||||||
131Ce | 58 | 73 | 130.91442(4) | 10.2(3) min | β+ | 131La | (7/2+) | ||
131mCe | 61.8(1) keV | 5.0(10) min | β+ | 131La | (1/2+) | ||||
132Ce | 58 | 74 | 131.911460(22) | 3.51(11) h | β+ | 132La | 0+ | ||
132mCe | 2340.8(5) keV | 9.4(3) ms | IT | 132Ce | (8−) | ||||
133Ce | 58 | 75 | 132.911515(18) | 97(4) min | β+ | 133La | 1/2+ | ||
133mCe | 37.1(8) keV | 4.9(4) d | β+ | 133La | 9/2− | ||||
134Ce | 58 | 76 | 133.908925(22) | 3.16(4) d | EC | 134La | 0+ | ||
135Ce | 58 | 77 | 134.909151(12) | 17.7(3) h | β+ | 135La | 1/2(+) | ||
135mCe | 445.8(2) keV | 20(1) s | IT | 135Ce | (11/2−) | ||||
136Ce | 58 | 78 | 135.907172(14) | Observationally Stable[n 8] | 0+ | 0.00185(2) | 0.00185–0.00186 | ||
136mCe | 3095.5(4) keV | 2.2(2) µs | 10+ | ||||||
137Ce | 58 | 79 | 136.907806(14) | 9.0(3) h | β+ | 137La | 3/2+ | ||
137mCe | 254.29(5) keV | 34.4(3) h | IT (99.22%) | 137Ce | 11/2− | ||||
β+ (.779%) | 137La | ||||||||
138Ce | 58 | 80 | 137.905991(11) | Observationally Stable[n 9] | 0+ | 0.00251(2) | 0.00251–0.00254 | ||
138mCe | 2129.17(12) keV | 8.65(20) ms | IT | 138Ce | 7- | ||||
139Ce | 58 | 81 | 138.906653(8) | 137.641(20) d | EC | 139La | 3/2+ | ||
139mCe | 754.24(8) keV | 56.54(13) s | IT | 139Ce | 11/2− | ||||
140Ce[n 10] | 58 | 82 | 139.9054387(26) | Stable | 0+ | 0.88450(51) | 0.88446–0.88449 | ||
140mCe | 2107.85(3) keV | 7.3(15) µs | 6+ | ||||||
141Ce[n 10] | 58 | 83 | 140.9082763(26) | 32.508(13) d | β− | 141Pr | 7/2− | ||
142Ce[n 10] | 58 | 84 | 141.909244(3) | Observationally Stable[n 11] | 0+ | 0.11114(51) | 0.11114–0.11114 | ||
143Ce[n 10] | 58 | 85 | 142.912386(3) | 33.039(6) h | β− | 143Pr | 3/2− | ||
144Ce[n 10] | 58 | 86 | 143.913647(4) | 284.91(5) d | β− | 144mPr | 0+ | ||
145Ce | 58 | 87 | 144.91723(4) | 3.01(6) min | β− | 145Pr | (3/2−) | ||
146Ce | 58 | 88 | 145.91876(7) | 13.52(13) min | β− | 146Pr | 0+ | ||
147Ce | 58 | 89 | 146.92267(3) | 56.4(10) s | β− | 147Pr | (5/2−) | ||
148Ce | 58 | 90 | 147.92443(3) | 56(1) s | β− | 148Pr | 0+ | ||
149Ce | 58 | 91 | 148.9284(1) | 5.3(2) s | β− | 149Pr | (3/2−)# | ||
150Ce | 58 | 92 | 149.93041(5) | 4.0(6) s | β− | 150Pr | 0+ | ||
151Ce | 58 | 93 | 150.93398(11) | 1.02(6) s | β− | 151Pr | 3/2−# | ||
152Ce | 58 | 94 | 151.93654(21)# | 1.4(2) s | β− | 152Pr | 0+ | ||
153Ce | 58 | 95 | 152.94058(43)# | 500# ms [>300 ns] | β− | 153Pr | 3/2−# | ||
154Ce | 58 | 96 | 153.94342(54)# | 300# ms [>300 ns] | β− | 154Pr | 0+ | ||
155Ce | 58 | 97 | 154.94804(64)# | 200# ms [>300 ns] | β− | 155Pr | 5/2−# | ||
156Ce | 58 | 98 | 155.95126(64)# | 150# ms | β− | 156Pr | 0+ | ||
157Ce | 58 | 99 | 156.95634(75)# | 50# ms | β− | 157Pr | 7/2+# |
- ↑ mCe – Excited nuclear isomer.
- ↑ ( ) – Uncertainty (1σ) is given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits.
- ↑ # – Atomic mass marked #: value and uncertainty derived not from purely experimental data, but at least partly from trends from the Mass Surface (TMS).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 # – Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from trends of neighboring nuclides (TNN).
- ↑
Modes of decay:
EC: Electron capture IT: Isomeric transition
p: Proton emission - ↑ Bold symbol as daughter – Daughter product is stable.
- ↑ ( ) spin value – Indicates spin with weak assignment arguments.
- ↑ Theorized to undergo β+β+ decay to 136Ba with a half-life over 38×1015 years
- ↑ Theorized to undergo β+β+ decay to 138Ba with a half-life over 150×1012 years
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 Fission product
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References
- Isotope masses from:
- Audi, Georges; Bersillon, Olivier; Blachot, Jean; Wapstra, Aaldert Hendrik (2003), "The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and decay properties", Nuclear Physics A 729: 3–128, doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001, Bibcode: 2003NuPhA.729....3A, https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00020241/document
- Isotopic compositions and standard atomic masses from:
- Wieser, Michael E. (2006). "Atomic weights of the elements 2005 (IUPAC Technical Report)". Pure and Applied Chemistry 78 (11): 2051–2066. doi:10.1351/pac200678112051.
- Half-life, spin, and isomer data selected from the following sources.
- Audi, Georges; Bersillon, Olivier; Blachot, Jean; Wapstra, Aaldert Hendrik (2003), "The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and decay properties", Nuclear Physics A 729: 3–128, doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001, Bibcode: 2003NuPhA.729....3A, https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/in2p3-00020241/document
- National Nuclear Data Center. "NuDat 2.x database". Brookhaven National Laboratory. http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat2/.
- Lide, David R., ed (2004). "11. Table of the Isotopes". CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (85th ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0485-9.
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes of cerium.
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