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| Standard atomic weightAr°(W) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Naturally occurringtungsten (74W) consists of fiveisotopes. Four are consideredstable (182W,183W,184W, and186W) and one is slightlyradioactive,180W, with an extremely longhalf-life of(1.59±0.05)×1018 years.[1] This results in about twoalpha decays of180W per gram of natural tungsten per year, so for most practical purposes,180W can be considered stable. The other naturally occurring isotopes are also capable of alpha decay and so onlyobservationally stable.
Artificialradioisotopes of tungsten have been observed from156W to197W, the most stable of which are181W with a half-life of 120.96 days,185W with a half-life of 75.1 days,188W with a half-life of 69.77 days and178W with a half-life of 21.6 days. All of the remainingradioactive isotopes have half-lives less than one day, and most of these less than 8 minutes. The most stable knownmeta state is179m1W with half-life 6.40 minutes.
| Nuclide [n 1] | Z | N | Isotopic mass(Da)[4] [n 2][n 3] | Half-life[5] [n 4][n 5] | Decay mode[5] [n 6] | Daughter isotope [n 7][n 8] | Spin and parity[5] [n 9][n 5] | Natural abundance(mole fraction) | |||||||||||
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| Excitation energy | Normal proportion[5] | Range of variation | |||||||||||||||||
| 156W[6] | 74 | 82 | 157+57 −34 ms | β+ | 156Ta | 0+ | |||||||||||||
| 157W[7] | 74 | 83 | 156.97886(43)# | 275(40) ms | β+ | 157Ta | (7/2−) | ||||||||||||
| 158W | 74 | 84 | 157.97457(32)# | 1.43(18) ms | α | 154Hf | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 158mW | 1889(8) keV | 143(19) μs | α | 154Hf | (8+) | ||||||||||||||
| 159W | 74 | 85 | 158.97270(32)# | 8.2(7) ms | α (82%) | 155Hf | 7/2−# | ||||||||||||
| 160W | 74 | 86 | 159.96851(16) | 90(5) ms | α (87%) | 156Hf | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| β+ (13%) | 160Ta | ||||||||||||||||||
| 161W | 74 | 87 | 160.96725(22)# | 409(16) ms | α (73%) | 157Hf | 7/2−# | ||||||||||||
| β+ (27%) | 161Ta | ||||||||||||||||||
| 162W | 74 | 88 | 161.963500(19) | 1.19(12) s | β+ (54.8%) | 162Ta | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| α (45.2%) | 158Hf | ||||||||||||||||||
| 163W | 74 | 89 | 162.962524(63) | 2.63(9) s | β+ (86%) | 163Ta | 7/2− | ||||||||||||
| α (14%) | 159Hf | ||||||||||||||||||
| 163mW | 480.3(7) keV | 154(3) ns | IT | 163W | 13/2+ | ||||||||||||||
| 164W | 74 | 90 | 163.958952(10) | 6.3(2) s | β+ (96.2%) | 164Ta | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| α (3.8%) | 160Hf | ||||||||||||||||||
| 165W | 74 | 91 | 164.958281(28) | 5.1(5) s | β+ | 165Ta | (5/2−) | ||||||||||||
| 166W | 74 | 92 | 165.955032(10) | 19.2(6) s | β+ (99.97%) | 166Ta | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| α (0.035%) | 162Hf | ||||||||||||||||||
| 167W | 74 | 93 | 166.954811(20) | 19.9(5) s | β+ (99.96%) | 167Ta | (5/2−) | ||||||||||||
| α (0.04%) | 163Hf | ||||||||||||||||||
| 168W | 74 | 94 | 167.951805(14) | 50.9(19) s | β+ (99.97%) | 168Ta | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| α (0.032%) | 164Hf | ||||||||||||||||||
| 169W | 74 | 95 | 168.951779(17) | 74(6) s | β+ | 169Ta | 5/2−# | ||||||||||||
| 170W | 74 | 96 | 169.949231(14) | 2.42(4) min | β+(99%) | 170Ta | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 171W | 74 | 97 | 170.949451(30) | 2.38(4) min | β+ | 171Ta | (5/2−) | ||||||||||||
| 172W | 74 | 98 | 171.947292(30) | 6.6(9) min | β+ | 172Ta | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 173W | 74 | 99 | 172.947689(30) | 7.6(2) min | β+ | 173Ta | 5/2− | ||||||||||||
| 174W | 74 | 100 | 173.946079(30) | 33.2(21) min | β+ | 174Ta | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 174m1W | 2267.8(4) keV | 158(3) ns | IT | 174W | 8− | ||||||||||||||
| 174m2W | 3515.6(4) keV | 128(8) ns | IT | 174W | 12+ | ||||||||||||||
| 175W | 74 | 101 | 174.946717(30) | 35.2(6) min | β+ | 175Ta | (1/2−) | ||||||||||||
| 175mW | 234.96(15) keV | 216(6) ns | IT | 175W | (7/2+) | ||||||||||||||
| 176W | 74 | 102 | 175.945634(30) | 2.5(1) h | EC | 176Ta | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 177W | 74 | 103 | 176.946643(30) | 132.4(20) min | β+ | 177Ta | 1/2− | ||||||||||||
| 178W | 74 | 104 | 177.945886(16) | 21.6(3) d | EC | 178Ta | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 178mW | 6572.7(3) keV | 220(10) ns | IT | 178W | 25+ | ||||||||||||||
| 179W | 74 | 105 | 178.947079(16) | 37.05(16) min | β+ | 179Ta | 7/2− | ||||||||||||
| 179m1W | 221.91(3) keV | 6.40(7) min | IT (99.71%) | 179W | 1/2− | ||||||||||||||
| β+ (0.29%) | 179Ta | ||||||||||||||||||
| 179m2W | 1631.90(8) keV | 390(30) ns | IT | 179W | 21/2+ | ||||||||||||||
| 179m3W | 3348.41(14) keV | 750(80) ns | IT | 179W | 35/2− | ||||||||||||||
| 180W[n 10] | 74 | 106 | 179.9467133(15) | 1.59(5)×1018 y[1] | α | 176Hf | 0+ | 0.0012(1) | |||||||||||
| 180m1W | 1529.05(4) keV | 5.47(9) ms | IT | 180W | 8− | ||||||||||||||
| 180m2W | 3264.7(3) keV | 2.33(19) μs | IT | 180W | 14− | ||||||||||||||
| 181W | 74 | 107 | 180.9482187(16) | 120.956(19) d | EC | 181Ta | 9/2+ | ||||||||||||
| 181m1W | 365.55(13) keV | 14.59(15) μs | IT | 181W | 5/2− | ||||||||||||||
| 181m2W | 1653.0(3) keV | 200(13) ns | IT | 181W | 21/2+ | ||||||||||||||
| 182W | 74 | 108 | 181.94820564(80) | Observationally Stable[n 11] | 0+ | 0.2650(16) | |||||||||||||
| 182mW | 2230.65(14) keV | 1.3(1) μs | IT | 182W | 10+ | ||||||||||||||
| 183W | 74 | 109 | 182.95022442(80) | Observationally Stable[n 12] | 1/2− | 0.1431(4) | |||||||||||||
| 183mW | 309.492(4) keV | 5.30(8) s | IT | 183W | 11/2+ | ||||||||||||||
| 184W | 74 | 110 | 183.95093318(79) | Observationally Stable[n 13] | 0+ | 0.3064(2) | |||||||||||||
| 184m1W | 1284.997(8) keV | 8.33(18) μs | IT | 184W | 5− | ||||||||||||||
| 184m2W | 4127.7(5) keV | 188(38) ns | IT | 184W | (14+) | ||||||||||||||
| 185W | 74 | 111 | 184.95342121(79) | 75.1(3) d | β− | 185Re | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
| 185mW | 197.383(23) keV | 1.597(4) min | IT | 185W | 11/2+ | ||||||||||||||
| 186W | 74 | 112 | 185.9543651(13) | Observationally Stable[n 14] | 0+ | 0.2843(19) | |||||||||||||
| 186m1W | 1517.2(6) keV | 18(1) μs | IT | 186W | 7− | ||||||||||||||
| 186m2W | 3542.8(21) keV | 2.0(2) s | IT | 186W | 16+ | ||||||||||||||
| 187W | 74 | 113 | 186.9571612(13) | 23.809(25) h | β− | 187Re | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
| 187mW | 410.06(4) keV | 1.54(13) μs[8] | IT | 187W | 11/2+ | ||||||||||||||
| 188W | 74 | 114 | 187.9584883(33) | 69.77(5) d | β− | 188Re | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 188mW | 1926.7(8) keV | 109.5(35) ns | IT | 188W | 8− | ||||||||||||||
| 189W | 74 | 115 | 188.96156(22)# | 11.6(2) min | β− | 189Re | 9/2−# | ||||||||||||
| 190W | 74 | 116 | 189.963104(38) | 30.0(15) min | β− | 190Re | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 190m1W | 1743.6(10) keV | 111(17) ns | IT | 190W | 8+ | ||||||||||||||
| 190m2W | 1840.6(14) keV | 166(6) μs | IT | 190W | 10− | ||||||||||||||
| 191W | 74 | 117 | 190.966531(45) | 14# s [>300 ns] | 3/2−# | ||||||||||||||
| 191mW | 235(10)# keV | 340(14) ns | IT | 191W | 9/2−# | ||||||||||||||
| 192W | 74 | 118 | 191.96820(22)# | 40# s [>300 ns] | 0+ | ||||||||||||||
| 193W | 74 | 119 | 192.97188(22)# | 30# s [>300 ns] | 1/2−# | ||||||||||||||
| 194W | 74 | 120 | 193.97380(32)# | 20# s [>300 ns] | 0+ | ||||||||||||||
| 195W | 74 | 121 | 194.97774(32)# | 30# s [>160 ns] | 3/2−# | ||||||||||||||
| 196W | 74 | 122 | 195.97988(43)# | 25# s [>300 ns] | 0+ | ||||||||||||||
| 197W | 74 | 123 | 196.98404(43)# | 1# s [>300 ns] | 5/2−# | ||||||||||||||
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| α: | Alpha decay |
| β+: | Positron emission |
| EC: | Electron capture |
| β−: | Beta decay |
| IT: | Isomeric transition |
Daughter products other than tungsten