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Standard atomic weightAr°(B) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boron (5B) naturally occurs asisotopes10
B
and11
B
, the latter of which makes up about 80% of natural boron. There are 13radioisotopes that have been discovered, with mass numbers from 7 to 21, all with shorthalf-lives, the longest being that of8
B
, with a half-life of only771.9(9) ms and12
B
with a half-life of20.20(2) ms. All other isotopes have half-lives shorter than17.35 ms. Those isotopes with mass below 10 decay intohelium (via short-livedisotopes of beryllium for7
B
and9
B
) while those with mass above 11 mostly becomecarbon.
Nuclide [n 1] | Z | N | Isotopic mass(Da)[3] [n 2][n 3] | Half-life[4] [resonance width] | Decay mode[4] [n 4] | Daughter isotope [n 5] | Spin and parity[4] [n 6][n 7] | Natural abundance(mole fraction) | |||||||||||
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Excitation energy | Normal proportion[4] | Range of variation | |||||||||||||||||
6 B ?[n 8] | 5 | 1 | 6.050800(2150) | p-unstable | 2p? | 4 Li ? | 2−# | ||||||||||||
7 B | 5 | 2 | 7.029712(27) | 570(14) ys [801(20) keV] | p | 6 Be [n 9] | (3/2−) | ||||||||||||
8 B [n 10][n 11] | 5 | 3 | 8.0246073(11) | 771.9(9) ms | β+α | 4 He | 2+ | ||||||||||||
8m B | 10624(8) keV | 0+ | |||||||||||||||||
9 B | 5 | 4 | 9.0133296(10) | 800(300) zs | p | 8 Be [n 12] | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
10 B [n 13] | 5 | 5 | 10.012936862(16) | Stable | 3+ | [0.189,0.204][5] | |||||||||||||
11 B | 5 | 6 | 11.009305167(13) | Stable | 3/2− | [0.796,0.811][5] | |||||||||||||
11m B | 12560(9) keV | 1/2+, (3/2+) | |||||||||||||||||
12 B | 5 | 7 | 12.0143526(14) | 20.20(2) ms | β− (99.40(2)%) | 12 C | 1+ | ||||||||||||
β−α (0.60(2)%) | 8 Be [n 14] | ||||||||||||||||||
13 B | 5 | 8 | 13.0177800(11) | 17.16(18) ms | β− (99.734(36)%) | 13 C | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
β−n (0.266(36)%) | 12 C | ||||||||||||||||||
14 B | 5 | 9 | 14.025404(23) | 12.36(29) ms | β− (93.96(23)%) | 14 C | 2− | ||||||||||||
β−n (6.04(23)%) | 13 C | ||||||||||||||||||
β−2n ?[n 15] | 12 C ? | ||||||||||||||||||
14m B | 17065(29) keV | 4.15(1.90) zs | IT ?[n 15] | 0+ | |||||||||||||||
15 B | 5 | 10 | 15.031087(23) | 10.18(35) ms | β−n (98.7(1.0)%) | 14 C | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
β− (<1.3%) | 15 C | ||||||||||||||||||
β−2n (<1.5%) | 13 C | ||||||||||||||||||
16 B | 5 | 11 | 16.039841(26) | >4.6 zs | n ?[n 15] | 15 B ? | 0− | ||||||||||||
17 B [n 16] | 5 | 12 | 17.04693(22) | 5.08(5) ms | β−n (63(1)%) | 16 C | (3/2−) | ||||||||||||
β− (21.1(2.4)%) | 17 C | ||||||||||||||||||
β−2n (12(2)%) | 15 C | ||||||||||||||||||
β−3n (3.5(7)%) | 14 C | ||||||||||||||||||
β−4n (0.4(3)%) | 13 C | ||||||||||||||||||
18 B | 5 | 13 | 18.05560(22) | <26 ns | n | 17 B | (2−) | ||||||||||||
19 B [n 17] | 5 | 14 | 19.06417(56) | 2.92(13) ms | β−n (71(9)%) | 18 C | (3/2−) | ||||||||||||
β−2n (17(5)%) | 17 C | ||||||||||||||||||
β−3n (<9.1%) | 16 C | ||||||||||||||||||
β− (>2.9%) | 19 C | ||||||||||||||||||
20 B [6] | 5 | 15 | 20.07451(59) | >912.4 ys | n | 19 B | (1−, 2−) | ||||||||||||
21 B [6] | 5 | 16 | 21.08415(60) | >760 ys | 2n | 19 B | (3/2−) | ||||||||||||
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n: | Neutron emission |
p: | Proton emission |
Boron-8 is an isotope of boron that undergoes β+ decay toberyllium-8 with a half-life of771.9(9) ms. It is the strongest candidate for ahalo nucleus with a loosely-bound proton, in contrast to neutron halo nuclei such aslithium-11.[7]
Although boron-8 beta decayneutrinos from the Sun make up only about 80 ppm of the totalsolar neutrino flux, they have a higher energy centered around 10 MeV,[8] and are an important background to dark matterdirect detection experiments.[9] They are the first component of the neutrino floor that dark matter direct detection experiments are expected to eventually encounter.
Boron-10 is used inboron neutron capture therapy as an experimental treatment of some brain cancers.