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Isotopes of erbium



Naturally occurring Erbium (Er) is composed of 6 stable isotopes, Er-162, Er-164, Er-166, Er-167, Er-168, and Er-170 with Er-166 being the most abundant (33.503% natural abundance). 29 radioisotopes have been characterized, with the most stable being Er-169 with a half life of 9.4 days, Er-172 with a half-life of 49.3 hours, Er-160 with a half-life of 28.58 hours, Er-165 with a half-life of 10.36 hours, and Er-171 with a half life of 7.516 hours. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lifes that are less than 3.5 hours, and the majority of these have half lifes that are less than 4 minutes. This element also has 13 meta states, with the most stable being Er-167m (t½ 2.269 seconds).

The isotopes of erbium range in atomic weight from 142.9663 u (Er-143) to 176.9541 u (Er-177). The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, Er-166, is electron capture, and the primary mode after is beta decay. The primary decay products before Er-166 are element 67 (holmium) isotopes, and the primary products after are element 69 (thulium) isotopes.
Standard atomic mass: 167.259(3) u

Table

nuclide
symbol
Z(p) N(n)  
isotopic mass (u)
 
half-life nuclear
spin
representative
isotopic
composition
(mole fraction)
range of natural
variation
(mole fraction)
excitation energy
143Er 68 75 142.96634(64)# 200# ms 9/2-#
144Er 68 76 143.96038(43)# 400# ms [>200 ns] 0+
145Er 68 77 144.95739(43)# 900(300) ms 1/2+#
146Er 68 78 145.95200(32)# 1.7(6) s 0+
147Er 68 79 146.94949(32)# ~2.5 s (1/2+)
147mEr 100(50)# keV 2.5(2) s (11/2-)
148Er 68 80 147.94455(21)# 4.6(2) s 0+
149Er 68 81 148.94231(3) 4(2) s (1/2+)
149m1Er 741.8(2) keV 8.9(2) s (11/2-)
149m2Er 2611.1(3) keV 0.61(8) µs (19/2+)
149m3Er 3242.7+X keV 4.8(1) µs (27/2-)
150Er 68 82 149.937914(18) 18.5(7) s 0+
151Er 68 83 150.937449(18) 23.5(13) s (7/2-)
151m1Er 2585.5(6) keV 580(20) ms (27/2-)
151m2Er 10286+X keV 0.42(5) µs (67/2,69/2,71/2)
152Er 68 84 151.935050(11) 10.3(1) s 0+
153Er 68 85 152.935063(9) 37.1(2) s 7/2(-)
154Er 68 86 153.932783(6) 3.73(9) min 0+
155Er 68 87 154.933209(7) 5.3(3) min 7/2-
156Er 68 88 155.931065(26) 19.5(10) min 0+
157Er 68 89 156.93192(3) 18.65(10) min 3/2-
157mEr 155.4(3) keV 76(6) ms (9/2+)
158Er 68 90 157.929893(27) 2.29(6) h 0+
159Er 68 91 158.930684(5) 36(1) min 3/2-
159m1Er 182.602(24) keV 337(14) ns 9/2+
159m2Er 429.05(3) keV 590(60) ns 11/2-
160Er 68 92 159.929083(26) 28.58(9) h 0+
161Er 68 93 160.929995(10) 3.21(3) h 3/2-
161mEr 396.44(4) keV 7.5(7) µs 11/2-
162Er 68 94 161.928778(4) STABLE [>140E+12 a] 0+ 0.00139(5)
163Er 68 95 162.930033(6) 75.0(4) min 5/2-
163mEr 445.5(6) keV 580(100) ns (11/2-)
164Er 68 96 163.929200(3) STABLE 0+ 0.01601(3)
165Er 68 97 164.930726(3) 10.36(4) h 5/2-
166Er 68 98 165.9302931(27) STABLE 0+ 0.33503(36)
167Er 68 99 166.9320482(27) STABLE 7/2+ 0.22869(9)
167mEr 207.801(5) keV 2.269(6) s 1/2-
168Er 68 100 167.9323702(27) STABLE 0+ 0.26978(18)
169Er 68 101 168.9345904(27) 9.392(18) d 1/2-
170Er 68 102 169.9354643(30) STABLE [>320E+15 a] 0+ 0.14910(36)
171Er 68 103 170.9380298(30) 7.516(2) h 5/2-
171mEr 198.6(1) keV 210(10) ns 1/2-
172Er 68 104 171.939356(5) 49.3(3) h 0+
173Er 68 105 172.94240(21)# 1.434(17) min (7/2-)
174Er 68 106 173.94423(32)# 3.2(2) min 0+
175Er 68 107 174.94777(43)# 1.2(3) min (9/2+)
176Er 68 108 175.95008(43)# 20# s 0+
177Er 68 109 176.95405(54)# 3# s 1/2-#

Notes

References

  • Isotope masses from Ame2003 Atomic Mass Evaluation by G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra, C. Thibault, J. Blachot and O. Bersillon in Nuclear Physics A729 (2003).
  • Isotopic compositions and standard atomic masses from Atomic weights of the elements. Review 2000 (IUPAC Technical Report). Pure Appl. Chem. Vol. 75, No. 6, pp. 683-800, (2003) and Atomic Weights Revised (2005).
  • Half-life, spin, and isomer data selected from these sources. Editing notes on this article's talk page.
    • Audi, Bersillon, Blachot, Wapstra. The Nubase2003 evaluation of nuclear and decay properties, Nuc. Phys. A 729, pp. 3-128 (2003).
    • National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Information extracted from the NuDat 2.1 database (retrieved Sept. 2005).
    • David R. Lide (ed.), Norman E. Holden in CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 85th Edition, online version. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida (2005). Section 11, Table of the Isotopes.


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