Isotopes of radium

Isotopes of radium
Radium (Ra) has no stable or nearly stable isotopes, and thus a standard atomic mass cannot be given. The longest
lived, and most common, isotope of radium is 226Ra with a half-life of 1600 years. 226Ra occurs in the decay chain
of 238U (often referred to as the radium series.) Radium has 35 known isotopes from 201Ra to 235Ra, with the isotope
most recently discovered being 235Ra.

Table
nuclide
symbol

historic
name

Z(p) N(n)

isotopic mass
(u)

half-life

decay
daughter
[1][2]
[3]
mode(s)
isotope(s)

nuclear
spin

excitation energy
202

88

114 202.00989(7)

2.6(21) ms
[0.7(+33-3)
ms]

203

88

115 203.00927(9)

4(3) ms

Ra

Ra

203m

Ra

204

Ra

205

Ra

205m

Ra

220(90) keV

88

88

116 204.006500(17)

117 205.00627(9)

310(110)# keV

0+

199

+ (rare)

203

199

+ (rare)

203

(99.7%)

200

+ (.3%)

204

220(40) ms
[210(+60-40)
ms]
+ (rare)

201

180(50) ms
[170(+60-40)
IT (rare)
ms]

201

41(17) ms

60(11) ms
[59(+12-9)
ms]

Rn

(3/2-)

Fr
Rn

(13/2+)

Fr
Rn

0+

Fr
Rn

(3/2-)

205

Fr
Rn

(13/2+)

205

Ra

206

88

118 206.003827(19)

0.24(2) s

202

0+

207

88

119 207.00380(6)

1.3(2) s

(90%)

203

(5/2-,3/2-)

+ (10%)

207

IT (85%)

207

(15%)

203

+ (.55%)

207

(95%)

204

+ (5%)

208

Ra
Ra

207m

Ra

208

Ra

208m

Ra

209

Ra

560(50) keV

88

120 208.001840(17)

1800(200) keV
88

121 209.00199(5)

57(8) ms

1.3(2) s

Rn
Rn
Fr
Ra
Rn
Fr
Rn

0+

Fr

270 ns
4.6(2) s

(13/2+)

(8+)
(90%)

205

+ (10%)

209

Rn
Fr

5/2-

representative
isotopic
composition
(mole
fraction)

range of
natural
variation
(mole
fraction)

Isotopes of radium

210

Ra

210m

Ra

211

Ra

212

Ra

2
88

122 210.000495(16)

1800(200) keV
88

88

123 211.000898(28)

124 211.999794(12)

3.7(2) s

(96%)

206

+ (4%)

210

Rn
Fr

2.24 s
13(2) s

13.0(2) s

0+

(8+)
(97%)

207

+ (3%)

211

(85%)

208

+ (15%)

212

Rn

5/2(-)

Fr
Rn

0+

Fr

212m1

1958.4(5) keV

10.9(4) s

(8)+

212m2

2613.4(5) keV

0.85(13) s

(11)-

Ra
Ra

213

Ra

213m

Ra

214

Ra

215

Ra

88

125 213.000384(22)

1769(6) keV

88

88

126 214.000108(10)

127 215.002720(8)

2.74(6) min

2.1(1) ms

2.46(3) s

1.55(7) ms

(80%)

209

+ (20%)

213

IT (99%)

213

(1%)

209

(99.94%)

210

+ (.06%)

214

211

Rn

1/2-

Fr
Ra

17/2-#

Rn
Rn

0+

Fr
Rn

(9/2+)#

215m1

1877.8(5) keV

7.1(2) s

(25/2+)

215m2

2246.9(5) keV

1.39(7) s

(29/2-)

215m3

3756.6(6)+X keV

0.555(10) s

(43/2-)

Ra
Ra
Ra

216

Ra

88

128 216.003533(9)

182(10) ns

212

EC
(1108%)

216

Rn

0+

Fr

217

88

129 217.006320(9)

1.63(17) s

213

(9/2+)

218

88

130 218.007140(12)

25.2(3) s

214

0+

++ (rare)

218

Ra
Ra

Rn
Rn
Rn

219

88

131 219.010085(9)

10(3) ms

215

(7/2)+

220

88

132 220.011028(10)

17.9(14) ms

216

0+

221

88

133 221.013917(5)

28(2) s

217

5/2+

CD
(1.21010%)

207

218

CD
(3108%)

208

Ra
Ra
Ra

222

Ra

88

134 222.015375(5)

38.0(5) s

Rn
Rn
Rn

Pb
C

14

Rn

Pb
C

14

0+

[4]

Trace

Isotopes of radium

223

Ra

224

Ra

Actinium X

Thorium X

225

Ra

226

Ra

[7]

Radium

3
88

88

135 223.0185022(27) 11.43(5) d

219

CD
(6.4108%)

209

136 224.0202118(24) 3.6319(23) d

Rn

3/2+

Trace

0+

Trace

Pb
C

14

220

Rn

CD
(4.3109%)

210

Pb
C

88

137 225.023612(3)

14.9(2) d

225

1/2+

88

138 226.0254098(25) 1600(7) y

222

0+

-- (rare)

226

CD
(2.6109%)

212

Ac
Rn

Pb
C

14

227

3/2+

88

140 228.0310703(26) 5.75(3) y

228

0+

229

88

141 229.034958(20)

4.0(2) min

229

5/2(+)

230

88

142 230.037056(13)

93(2) min

230

0+

231

88

143 231.04122(32)#

103(3) s

231

(5/2+)

228

Ra

Mesothorium
1

Ra
Ra
Ra

66.21(9) keV

231m

Ra

Ac
Ac
Ac
Ac
Ac

~53 s

88

144 232.04364(30)#

250(50) s

232

0+

233

88

145 233.04806(50)#

30(5) s

233

1/2+#

234

88

146 234.05070(53)#

30(10) s

234

0+

Ra
Ra

Trace

(1/2+)

232

Ra

[8]

Trace

Th

139 227.0291778(25) 42.2(5) min

Ra

[6]

14

88

227

[5]

Ac
Ac
Ac

[1] http:/ / www. nucleonica. net/ unc. aspx

[2] Abbreviations:
CD: Cluster decay
EC: Electron capture
IT: Isomeric transition
[3] Bold for stable isotopes
[4] Intermediate decay product of 238U
[5] Intermediate decay product of 235U
[6] Intermediate decay product of 232Th
[7] Source of element's name
[8] Intermediate decay product of 238U

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.

Isotopes of radium

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