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Magnesium (Mg) naturally occurs in three stable isotopes, 24Mg, 25Mg, and 26Mg. 19 radioisotopes have been discovered, ranging from 19Mg
to 40Mg. The longest-lived radioisotope is 28Mg with a half-life of 20.915 hours. The lighter isotopes mostly decay to isotopes of sodium while
the heavier isotopes decay to isotopes of aluminium. The shortest-lived is 39Mg with a half-life shorter than 180 nanoseconds, or rarely 40Mg,
with a half-life longer than 170 nanoseconds (the half-life of 19Mg is unknown).
Standard atomic mass: 24.3050(6) u

Table

A chart showing the abundances of the

naturally-occurring isotopes of
magnesium.

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nuclide
proton neutron isotopic mass (u)
symbol
19

12

Mg

20

12

Mg

21

12

Mg

22

12

Mg

half-life

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decay mode(s)

[1]

daughter
nuclear
spin
isotope(s)[n 1]

7 19.03547(27)
8 20.018863(29)

9 21.011713(18)

10 21.9995738(14)

representative
range of natural
isotopic
variation
composition
(mole fraction)
(mole fraction)

1/2-#
90.8(24) ms

122(2) ms

3.8755(12) s

20

, p (3%)

19

+ (66.9%)

21

+, p (32.6%)

20

+, (0.5%)

16

(97%)

Na
Ne

0+

Na
Ne

(5/2,3/2)+

22

0+

23

3/2+

Na

23

12

11 22.9941237(14)

24

12

12 23.985041700(14)

Stable

0+

0.7899(4)

0.78958-0.79017

25

12

13 24.98583692(3)

Stable

5/2+

0.1000(1)

0.09996-0.10012

26

12

14 25.982592929(30)

Stable

0+

0.1101(3)

0.10987-0.11030

27

12

15 26.98434059(5)

9.458(12) min

27

1/2+

28

12

16 27.9838768(22)

20.915(9) h

28

0+

29

3/2+

30

, n (.06%)

29

(98.3%)

31

, n (1.7%)

30

(97.6%)

32

Mg
Mg
Mg
Mg[n 2]
Mg
Mg

29

Mg

30

Mg

31

Mg

32

Mg

33

Mg

34

Mg

35

Mg

36

Mg

37

12

17 28.988600(15)

11.317(11) s

1.30(12) s

12

18 29.990434(9)

335(17) ms

12

19 30.996546(13)

230(20) ms

12

20 31.998975(19)

86(5) ms

12

21 33.005254(21)

90.5(16) ms

12

22 34.00946(25)

20(10) ms

12

23 35.01734(43)#

70(40) ms

12

24 36.02300(54)#

3.9(13) ms

Na

(99.94%)

Al
Al
Al
Al
Al
Al
Al
Al

, n (2.4%)

31

(83%)

33

Al
Al

, n (17%)

32

(>99.9%)

34

, n (<.1%)

33

, n (52%)

34

Al
Al
Al
Al

(48%)

35

36

37

36

Al
Al
Al

0+

3/2+

0+

7/2-#

0+

(7/2-)#
0+
7/2-#

12

25 37.03140(97)#

40# ms [>260 ns]

38

12

26 38.03757(54)#

1# ms [>260 ns]

0+

39

12

27 39.04677(55)#

<260 ns

7/2-#

40

12

28 40.05393(97)#

1# ms

0+

Mg
Mg
Mg
Mg

,n

Al

1. ^ Bold for stable isotopes

2. ^ Used in radiodating events early in the Solar System's history

References
Isotope masses from:
G. Audi, A. H. Wapstra, C. Thibault, J. Blachot and O. Bersillon (2003). "The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and decay
properties" (http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/amdc/nubase/Nubase2003.pdf). Nuclear Physics A 729: 3128.
Bibcode:2003NuPhA.729....3A (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003NuPhA.729....3A). doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.nuclphysa.2003.11.001).
Isotopic compositions and standard atomic masses from:

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J. R. de Laeter, J. K. Bhlke, P. De Bivre, H. Hidaka, H. S. Peiser, K. J. R. Rosman and P. D. P. Taylor (2003). "Atomic weights
of the elements. Review 2000 (IUPAC Technical Report)" (http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/75/6/0683/pdf/). Pure and
Applied Chemistry 75 (6): 683800. doi:10.1351/pac200375060683 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1351%2Fpac200375060683).
M. E. Wieser (2006). "Atomic weights of the elements 2005 (IUPAC Technical Report)" (http://iupac.org/publications/pac/78
/11/2051/pdf/). Pure and Applied Chemistry 78 (11): 20512066. doi:10.1351/pac200678112051 (http://dx.doi.org
/10.1351%2Fpac200678112051). Lay summary (http://old.iupac.org/news/archives/2005/atomic-weights_revised05.html).
Half-life, spin, and isomer data selected from the following sources. See editing notes on this article's talk page.
G. Audi, A. H. Wapstra, C. Thibault, J. Blachot and O. Bersillon (2003). "The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and decay
properties" (http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/amdc/nubase/Nubase2003.pdf). Nuclear Physics A 729: 3128.
Bibcode:2003NuPhA.729....3A (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003NuPhA.729....3A). doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.nuclphysa.2003.11.001).
National Nuclear Data Center. "NuDat 2.1 database" (http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat2/). Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Retrieved September 2005.
N. E. Holden (2004). "Table of the Isotopes". In D. R. Lide. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (85th ed.). CRC Press.
Section 11. ISBN 978-0-8493-0485-9.

External links
Magnesium isotopes data from The Berkeley Laboratory Isotopes Project's (http://ie.lbl.gov/education/parent/Mg_iso.htm)
1. ^ http://www.nucleonica.net/unc.aspx

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