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Isotopes of manganese



Naturally occurring manganese (Mn) is composed of 1 stable isotope; 55Mn. 18 radioisotopes have been characterized with the most stable being 53Mn with a half-life of 3.7 million years, 54Mn with a half-life of 312.3 days, and 52Mn with a half-life of 5.591 days. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half lives that are less than 3 hours and the majority of these have half lives that are less than 1 minute. This element also has 3 meta states.

Manganese is part of the iron group of elements which are thought to be synthesized in large stars shortly before supernova explosion. 53Mn decays to 53Cr with a half-life of 3.7 million years. Because of its relatively short half-life, 53Mn is an extinct radionuclide. Manganese isotopic contents are typically combined with chromium isotopic contents and have found application in isotope geology and radiometric dating. Mn-Cr isotopic ratios reinforce the evidence from 26Al and 107Pd for the early history of the solar system. Variations in 53Cr/52Cr and Mn/Cr ratios from several meteorites indicate an initial 53Mn/55Mn ratio that suggests Mn-Cr isotopic systematics must result from in-situ decay of 53Mn in differentiated planetary bodies. Hence 53Mn provides additional evidence for nucleosynthetic processes immediately before coalescence of the solar system.

The isotopes of manganese range in atomic weight from 46 u (46Mn) to 65 u (65Mn). The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, 55Mn, is electron capture and the primary mode after is beta decay.
Standard atomic mass: 54.938045(5) 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
44Mn 25 19 44.00687(54)# <105 ns (2-)#
45Mn 25 20 44.99451(32)# <70 ns (7/2-)#
46Mn 25 21 45.98672(12)# 37(3) ms (4+)
46mMn 150(100)# keV 1# ms 1-#
47Mn 25 22 46.97610(17)# 100(50) ms 5/2-#
48Mn 25 23 47.96852(12) 158.1(22) ms 4+
49Mn 25 24 48.959618(26) 382(7) ms 5/2-
50Mn 25 25 49.9542382(11) 283.29(8) ms 0+
50mMn 229(7) keV 1.75(3) min 5+
51Mn 25 26 50.9482108(11) 46.2(1) min 5/2-
52Mn 25 27 51.9455655(21) 5.591(3) d 6+
52mMn 377.749(5) keV 21.1(2) min 2+
53Mn 25 28 52.9412901(9) 3.74(4)E+6 a 7/2-
54Mn 25 29 53.9403589(14) 312.03(3) d 3+
55Mn 25 30 54.9380451(7) STABLE 5/2- 1.0000
56Mn 25 31 55.9389049(7) 2.5789(1) h 3+
57Mn 25 32 56.9382854(20) 85.4(18) s 5/2-
58Mn 25 33 57.93998(3) 3.0(1) s 1+
58mMn 71.78(5) keV 65.2(5) s (4)+
59Mn 25 34 58.94044(3) 4.59(5) s (5/2)-
60Mn 25 35 59.94291(9) 51(6) s 0+
60mMn 271.90(10) keV 1.77(2) s 3+
61Mn 25 36 60.94465(24) 0.67(4) s (5/2)-
62Mn 25 37 61.94843(24) 671(5) ms (3+)
62mMn 0(150)# keV 92(13) ms (1+)
63Mn 25 38 62.95024(28) 275(4) ms 5/2-#
64Mn 25 39 63.95425(29) 88.8(25) ms (1+)
64mMn 135(3) keV >100 µs
65Mn 25 40 64.95634(58) 92(1) ms 5/2-#
66Mn 25 41 65.96108(43)# 64.4(18) ms
67Mn 25 42 66.96414(54)# 45(3) ms 5/2-#
68Mn 25 43 67.96930(64)# 28(4) ms
69Mn 25 44 68.97284(86)# 14(4) ms 5/2-#

Notes

  • Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from systematic trends. Spins with weak assignment arguments are enclosed in parentheses.
  • Uncertainties are given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits. Uncertainty values denote one standard deviation, except isotopic composition and standard atomic mass from IUPAC which use expanded uncertainties.

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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