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  • it have ever been produced. Its most stable isotope, 259No, has a half-life ... The primary decay mode before the most stable isotope, 259No, is alpha emission ...
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  • nuclei, atomic mass is calculated for each isotope separately. Atomic mass ... are averaged values of the various stable isotope masses in the abundances ...
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  • (see Operation Ivy). They discovered the isotope 253Es (half-life 20.5 days ... Ridge National Laboratory's High Flux Isotope Reactor in Tennessee by ...
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  • uses, particularly in the form of the isotope 241Am. For instance, one ... National Laboratory). The team created the isotope 241Am by subjecting 239Pu ...
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  • Naturally occurring thulium is composed of a single stable isotope ... decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, Tm-169, is electron ...
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  • to be produced synthetically. Its most stable isotope, 237Np, is a byproduct ... reactions in uranium ores. The isotope 237Np is produced through ...
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  • bomb explosion (see Operation Ivy). That isotope was created when 238U combined ... Nobel team did not claim discovery but the isotope they produced was later ...
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  • steels. Natural ytterbium is a mix of seven stable isotopes. ... decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, Yb-174 is electron capture ...
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  • This element has many isotopes, of which the single stable isotope ... it has only one naturally occurring stable isotope: 133Cs. Most of the other ...
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  • Naturally occurring terbium is composed of one stable isotope, 159 ... The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, 159 ...
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  • Naturally occurring cobalt is composed of one stable isotope, 59Co ... decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, 59Co, is electron capture ...
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  • periodic table, isotopes that are lighter than stable isotopes of the same element tend to decay through electron capture, while isotopes heavier than ...
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  • a valuable source of neutrons. Its isotope 225Ac is used in nuclear ... Naturally occurring actinium is composed of one radioactive isotope ...
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  • Although the stable isotopes of strontium are not a threat to human ... In nature, strontium occurs as four stable isotopes: 84Sr (0.56 percent ...
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  • terbium and holmium. It is relatively stable in air at room temperature ... The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, 164 ...
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  • the oldest rocks on Earth are within the stable "cratons" of the ... , Ravizza G.E. & Hart S.R. 1998. Re-Os isotope evidence for the composition ...
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  • The isotope protactinium-231 occurs in pitchblende to the extent of ... The primary decay mode before the most stable isotope, 231-Pa, is ...
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  • element's chemical properties. The isotope curium-242 is the precursor ... Curium was the third transuranic element to be discovered. The isotope ...
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  • element in the periodic table. Its most stable isotope is 262Lr, with a half-life of approximately four hours. It is synthesized from californium and ...
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  • Naturally occurring lutetium is composed of one stable isotope Lu ... decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, Lu-175, is electron ...
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  • Naturally occurring europium is composed of two stable isotopes, 151 ... The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, 153 ...
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  • most rare-earth minerals. It is relatively stable in air, but its finely divided ... This rare earth metal is relatively stable in air and chemically resembles ...
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  • tumors, and correct eye defects. The isotope argon-39 has been used for ... most conditions and forms no confirmed stable compounds at room temperature ...
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  • Naturally occurring lanthanum consists of one stable isotope (139La) and one radioactive (138La) isotope, with the stable isotope, 139La, being ...
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  • Promethium has one semi-stable isotope (145) that is a soft beta emitter ... have been characterized, with the most stable being 145Pm with a half-life ...
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  • promethium and europium. It is reasonably stable in air at ordinary temperatures ... The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, 152Sm ...
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  • is malleable (or easily shaped), soft yet stable in air, and does not oxidize ... decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, Er-166, is electron ...
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  • are +2, +3, and +6, with +3 being the most stable. In addition, the +1, +4 ... occurring chromium is composed of three stable isotopes: 52Cr, 53Cr, and ...
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  • be a source of neutrons. In addition, the isotope polonium-210 has been used ... are radioactive. The most widely available isotope is polonium-210 (half-life ...
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  • In nature, most isotopes are beta stable, but a few exceptions exist ... It should be noted that a beta-stable nucleus may undergo other kinds ...
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  • of an element. When writing the name of an isotope, the element name is followed ... one proton and one electron. The hydrogen isotope which also contains 1 neutron ...
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  • 144Nd and 150Nd. The most abundant stable isotope is 142Nd, with a natural ... for neodymium isotopes. The neodymium isotope composition of volcanic ...
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  • usually corresponds to the most abundant isotope, though this is not always ... particle. For some elements there are no stable isotopes and all are radioactive ...
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  • unit. The proton is observed to be stable, although some theories predict ... force into atomic nuclei. The most common isotope of the hydrogen atom is ...
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  • are derivatives of fluorohydrocarbons. The isotope 18F is a source of positrons ... of fluorine with metals are among the most stable of salts. When dissolved ...
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  • amounts in uranium ores. Its most stable isotope, Ra-226, has a half-life ... decay of uranium or thorium. The common isotope is Ra-226, a product of ...
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  • used in mercury-vapor lamps. A radioactive isotope of scandium [Sc-46] is used ... Naturally occurring scandium is composed of one stable isotope, 45Sc ...
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  • than a certain size can be completely stable. The largest known complete ... protons and neutrons. The closure of the stable shells predicts unusually ...
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  • Naturally occurring xenon is made of seven stable and two slightly ... The artificial isotope Xe-135 is of considerable significance in the ...
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  • earth elements, gadolinium is relatively stable in dry air; however, it tarnishes ... The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, 158Gd ...
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  • occurring manganese consists of one stable isotope: 55Mn. In addition, 18 ... contents and have found application in isotope geology and radiometric ...
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  • and a variety of other products. The isotope boron-10 is used to control ... Boron is similar to carbon in terms of being able to form stable, ...
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  • have been characterized, with the most stable being 247Bk, with a half-life of 1,380 years; 248Bk, with a half-life of more than 9 years; and ...
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  • For isotopes lighter than the most stable isotope, 98Tc, the primary ... one parabola, there can be only one stable isotope lying on that parabola ...
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  • about US $100 per gram (g). One of the stable isotopes, 187Os, is worth ... Osmium has seven naturally occurring isotopes, five of which are stable: ...
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  • any of the simple crystal structures. The stable phase under normal conditions ... 56Ga to 86Ga. Among them, there are two stable isotopes: 69Ga and 71Ga, ...
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  • | 182W || 26.50% || colspan="4" | W is stable with 108 neutrons ... | 183W || 14.3% || colspan="4" | W is stable with 109 neutrons ...
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  • Neon has three stable isotopes: *20Ne (90.48%), with 10 neutrons in the nucleus of each atom; *21Ne (0.27%), with 11 neutrons in the nucleus of ...
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  • Naturally occurring praseodymium is composed of one stable isotope ... . The primary decay mode before the stable isotope, 141Pr, is electron capture ...
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  • Deuterium (chemical symbol D or ²H) is a stable isotope of hydrogen, found in extremely small amounts in nature. The nucleus of deuterium, called ...
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