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There are 39 knownisotopes and 17nuclear isomers oftellurium (52Te), withatomic masses that range from 104 to 142. These are listed in the table below.
Naturally-occurring tellurium on Earth consists of eight isotopes. Two of these have been found to beradioactive:128Te and130Te undergodouble beta decay withhalf-lives of, respectively, 2.2×1024 (2.2septillion) years (the longest half-life of allnuclides proven to be radioactive)[5] and 8.2×1020 (820quintillion) years. The longest-lived artificial radioisotope of tellurium is121Te with a half-life of about 19 days. Severalnuclear isomers have longer half-lives, the longest being121mTe with a half-life of 154 days.
The very-long-lived radioisotopes128Te and130Te are the two most common isotopes of tellurium. Of elements with at least one stable isotope, onlyindium andrhenium likewise have a radioisotope in greater abundance than a stable one.
It has been claimed thatelectron capture of123Te was observed, but more recent measurements of the same team have disproved this.[6] The half-life of123Te is longer than 9.2 × 1016 years, and probably much longer.[6]
124Te can be used as a starting material in the production ofradionuclides by acyclotron or other particle accelerators. Some common radionuclides that can be produced from tellurium-124 areiodine-123 andiodine-124.
The short-lived isotope135Te (half-life 19 seconds) is produced as afission product in nuclear reactors. It decays, via twobeta decays, to135Xe, the most powerful knownneutron absorber, and the cause of theiodine pit phenomenon.
With the exception ofberyllium, tellurium is the second lightest element observed to have isotopes capable of undergoingalpha decay, with isotopes104Te to109Te being seen to undergo this mode of decay. Some lighter elements, namely those in the vicinity of8Be, have isotopes with delayed alpha emission (followingproton orbeta emission) as a rare branch.
Nuclide [n 1] | Z | N | Isotopic mass(Da)[7] [n 2][n 3] | Half-life[1] [n 4][n 5] | Decay mode[1] [n 6] | Daughter isotope [n 7] | Spin and parity[1] [n 8][n 5] | Natural abundance(mole fraction) | |||||||||||
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Excitation energy | Normal proportion[1] | Range of variation | |||||||||||||||||
104Te | 52 | 52 | 103.94672(34) | <4 ns | α | 100Sn | 0+ | ||||||||||||
105Te | 52 | 53 | 104.94330(32) | 633(66) ns | α | 101Sn | (7/2+) | ||||||||||||
106Te | 52 | 54 | 105.93750(11) | 78(11) μs | α | 102Sn | 0+ | ||||||||||||
107Te | 52 | 55 | 106.93488(11)# | 3.22(9) ms | α (70%) | 103Sn | 5/2+# | ||||||||||||
β+ (30%) | 107Sb | ||||||||||||||||||
108Te | 52 | 56 | 107.9293805(58) | 2.1(1) s | α (49%) | 104Sn | 0+ | ||||||||||||
β+ (48.6%) | 108Sb | ||||||||||||||||||
β+,p (2.4%) | 107Sn | ||||||||||||||||||
β+, α (<0.065%) | 104In | ||||||||||||||||||
109Te | 52 | 57 | 108.9273045(47) | 4.4(2) s | β+ (86.7%) | 109Sb | (5/2+) | ||||||||||||
β+, p (9.4%) | 108Sn | ||||||||||||||||||
α (3.9%) | 105Sn | ||||||||||||||||||
β+, α (<0.0049%) | 105In | ||||||||||||||||||
110Te | 52 | 58 | 109.9224581(71) | 18.6(8) s | β+ | 110Sb | 0+ | ||||||||||||
111Te | 52 | 59 | 110.9210006(69) | 26.2(6) s | β+ | 111Sb | (5/2)+ | ||||||||||||
β+, p (?%) | 110Sn | ||||||||||||||||||
112Te | 52 | 60 | 111.9167278(90) | 2.0(2) min | β+ | 112Sb | 0+ | ||||||||||||
113Te | 52 | 61 | 112.915891(30) | 1.7(2) min | β+ | 113Sb | (7/2+) | ||||||||||||
114Te | 52 | 62 | 113.912088(26) | 15.2(7) min | β+ | 114Sb | 0+ | ||||||||||||
115Te | 52 | 63 | 114.911902(30) | 5.8(2) min | β+ | 115Sb | 7/2+ | ||||||||||||
115m1Te[n 9] | 10(6) keV | 6.7(4) min | β+ | 115Sb | (1/2+) | ||||||||||||||
115m2Te | 280.05(20) keV | 7.5(2) μs | IT | 115Te | 11/2− | ||||||||||||||
116Te | 52 | 64 | 115.908466(26) | 2.49(4) h | β+ | 116Sb | 0+ | ||||||||||||
117Te | 52 | 65 | 116.908646(14) | 62(2) min | EC (75%) | 117Sb | 1/2+ | ||||||||||||
β+ | 117Sb | ||||||||||||||||||
117mTe | 296.1(5) keV | 103(3) ms | IT | 117Te | (11/2−) | ||||||||||||||
118Te | 52 | 66 | 117.905860(20) | 6.00(2) d | EC | 118Sb | 0+ | ||||||||||||
119Te | 52 | 67 | 118.9064057(78) | 16.05(5) h | EC (97.94%) | 119Sb | 1/2+ | ||||||||||||
β+ (2.06%) | 119Sb | ||||||||||||||||||
119mTe | 260.96(5) keV | 4.70(4) d | EC (99.59%) | 119Sb | 11/2− | ||||||||||||||
β+ (0.41%) | 119Sb | ||||||||||||||||||
120Te | 52 | 68 | 119.9040658(19) | Observationally Stable[n 10] | 0+ | 9(1)×10−4 | |||||||||||||
121Te | 52 | 69 | 120.904945(28) | 19.31(7) d | β+ | 121Sb | 1/2+ | ||||||||||||
121mTe | 293.974(22) keV | 164.7(5) d | IT (88.6%) | 121Te | 11/2− | ||||||||||||||
β+ (11.4%) | 121Sb | ||||||||||||||||||
122Te | 52 | 70 | 121.9030447(15) | Stable | 0+ | 0.0255(12) | |||||||||||||
123Te | 52 | 71 | 122.9042710(15) | Observationally Stable[n 11] | 1/2+ | 0.0089(3) | |||||||||||||
123mTe | 247.47(4) keV | 119.2(1) d | IT | 123Te | 11/2− | ||||||||||||||
124Te | 52 | 72 | 123.9028183(15) | Stable | 0+ | 0.0474(14) | |||||||||||||
125Te[n 12] | 52 | 73 | 124.9044312(15) | Stable | 1/2+ | 0.0707(15) | |||||||||||||
125mTe | 144.775(8) keV | 57.40(15) d | IT | 125Te | 11/2− | ||||||||||||||
126Te | 52 | 74 | 125.9033121(15) | Stable | 0+ | 0.1884(25) | |||||||||||||
127Te[n 12] | 52 | 75 | 126.9052270(15) | 9.35(7) h | β− | 127I | 3/2+ | ||||||||||||
127mTe | 88.23(7) keV | 106.1(7) d | IT (97.86%) | 127Te | 11/2− | ||||||||||||||
β− (2.14%) | 127I | ||||||||||||||||||
128Te[n 12][n 13] | 52 | 76 | 127.90446124(76) | 2.25(9)×1024 y[n 14] | β−β− | 128Xe | 0+ | 0.3174(8) | |||||||||||
128mTe | 2790.8(3) keV | 363(27) ns | IT | 128Te | (10+) | ||||||||||||||
129Te[n 12] | 52 | 77 | 128.90659642(76) | 69.6(3) min | β− | 129I | 3/2+ | ||||||||||||
129mTe | 105.51(3) keV | 33.6(1) d | IT (64%) | 129Te | 11/2− | ||||||||||||||
β− (36%) | 129I | ||||||||||||||||||
130Te[n 12][n 13] | 52 | 78 | 129.906222745(11) | 7.91(21)×1020 y | β−β− | 130Xe | 0+ | 0.3408(62) | |||||||||||
130m1Te | 2146.41(4) keV | 186(11) ns | IT | 130Te | 7− | ||||||||||||||
130m2Te | 2667.2(8) keV | 1.90(8) μs | IT | 130Te | (10+) | ||||||||||||||
130m3Te | 4373.9(9) keV | 53(8) ns | IT | 130Te | (15−) | ||||||||||||||
131Te[n 12] | 52 | 79 | 130.908522210(65) | 25.0(1) min | β− | 131I | 3/2+ | ||||||||||||
131m1Te | 182.258(18) keV | 32.48(11) h | β− (74.1%) | 131I | 11/2− | ||||||||||||||
IT (25.9%) | 131Te | ||||||||||||||||||
131m2Te | 1940.0(4) keV | 93(12) ms | IT | 131Te | (23/2+) | ||||||||||||||
132Te[n 12] | 52 | 80 | 131.9085467(37) | 3.204(13) d | β− | 132I | 0+ | ||||||||||||
132m1Te | 1774.80(9) keV | 145(8) ns | IT | 132Te | 6+ | ||||||||||||||
132m2Te | 1925.47(9) keV | 28.5(9) μs | IT | 132Te | 7− | ||||||||||||||
132m3Te | 2723.3(8) keV | 3.62(6) μs | IT | 132Te | (10+) | ||||||||||||||
133Te | 52 | 81 | 132.9109633(22) | 12.5(3) min | β− | 133I | 3/2+# | ||||||||||||
133m1Te | 334.26(4) keV | 55.4(4) min | β− (83.5%) | 133I | (11/2−) | ||||||||||||||
IT (16.5%) | 133Te | ||||||||||||||||||
133m2Te | 1610.4(5) keV | 100(5) ns | IT | 133Te | (19/2−) | ||||||||||||||
134Te | 52 | 82 | 133.9113964(29) | 41.8(8) min | β− | 134I | 0+ | ||||||||||||
134mTe | 1691.34(16) keV | 164.5(7) ns | IT | 134Te | 6+ | ||||||||||||||
135Te[n 15] | 52 | 83 | 134.9165547(18) | 19.0(2) s | β− | 135I | (7/2−) | ||||||||||||
135mTe | 1554.89(16) keV | 511(20) ns | IT | 135Te | (19/2−) | ||||||||||||||
136Te | 52 | 84 | 135.9201012(24) | 17.63(9) s | β− (98.63%) | 136I | 0+ | ||||||||||||
β−,n (1.37%) | 135I | ||||||||||||||||||
137Te | 52 | 85 | 136.9255994(23) | 2.49(5) s | β− (97.06%) | 137I | 3/2−# | ||||||||||||
β−, n (2.94%) | 136I | ||||||||||||||||||
138Te | 52 | 86 | 137.9294725(41) | 1.46(25) s | β− (95.20%) | 138I | 0+ | ||||||||||||
β−, n (4.80%) | 137I | ||||||||||||||||||
139Te | 52 | 87 | 138.9353672(38) | 724(81) ms | β− | 139I | 5/2−# | ||||||||||||
140Te | 52 | 88 | 139.939487(15) | 351(5) ms | β− (?%) | 140I | 0+ | ||||||||||||
β−, n (?%) | 139I | ||||||||||||||||||
141Te | 52 | 89 | 140.94560(43)# | 193(16) ms | β− | 141I | 5/2−# | ||||||||||||
142Te | 52 | 90 | 141.95003(54)# | 147(8) ms | β− | 142I | 0+ | ||||||||||||
143Te | 52 | 91 | 142.95649(54)# | 120(8) ms | β− | 143I | 7/2+# | ||||||||||||
144Te | 52 | 92 | 143.96112(32)# | 93(60) ms | β− | 144I | 0+ | ||||||||||||
145Te | 52 | 93 | 144.96778(32)# | 75# ms [>550 ns] | β− | 145I | |||||||||||||
This table header & footer: |
EC: | Electron capture |
IT: | Isomeric transition |
n: | Neutron emission |
p: | Proton emission |