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Naturally occurringneodymium (60Nd) is composed of fivestable isotopes,142Nd,143Nd,145Nd,146Nd and148Nd, with142Nd being the most abundant (27.2%natural abundance), and two long-livedradioisotopes,144Nd and150Nd. In all, 35 radioisotopes of neodymium have been characterized up to now, with the most stable being naturally occurring isotopes144Nd (alpha decay, ahalf-life (t1/2) of2.29×1015 years) and150Nd (double beta decay, t1/2 of9.3×1018 years), and for practical purposes they can be considered to be stable as well. The radioactivity of144Nd is due to it having 84 neutrons (two more than 82, which is amagic number corresponding to a stable neutron configuration), and so it may emit analpha particle (which has 2 neutrons) to form cerium-140 with 82 neutrons.
All of the remainingradioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than 11 days, and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than 70 seconds. The most stableartificial isotope is147Nd, the parent of promethium, with a half-life of 10.98 days. This element also has 15 knownmeta states with the most stable being139mNd (t1/2 5.5 hours),135mNd (t1/2 5.5 minutes) and133m1Nd (t1/2 ~70 seconds).
The primarydecay modes for isotopes lighter than the lightest and most abundant stable isotope, which is also the only theoretically stable isotope,142Nd, areelectron capture andpositron decay, and the primary mode for heavier radioisotopes isbeta decay. The primarydecay products for lighter radioisotopes arepraseodymium isotopes and the primary products for heavier ones arepromethium isotopes.
Neodymium is one of the more commonfission products that results from the splitting ofuranium-233,uranium-235,plutonium-239 andplutonium-241. The distribution of resulting neodymium isotopes is distinctly different than those found in crustal rock formation on Earth. One of the methods used to verify that the Oklo Fossil Reactors inGabon had produced anatural nuclear fission reactor some two billion years before present was to compare the relative abundances of neodymium isotopes found at the reactor site with those found elsewhere on Earth.[4][5][6]
| 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[n 5] | Normal proportion[1] | Range of variation | |||||||||||||||||
| 125Nd | 60 | 65 | 124.94840(43)# | 0.65(15) s | β+ | 125Pr | (5/2)(+#) | ||||||||||||
| β+,p (?%) | 124Ce | ||||||||||||||||||
| 126Nd | 60 | 66 | 125.94269(32)# | 1# s [>200 ns] | 0+ | ||||||||||||||
| 127Nd | 60 | 67 | 126.93998(32)# | 1.8(4) s | β+ | 127Pr | 5/2+# | ||||||||||||
| β+, p (?%) | 126Ce | ||||||||||||||||||
| 128Nd | 60 | 68 | 127.93502(22)# | 5# s | 0+ | ||||||||||||||
| 129Nd | 60 | 69 | 128.93304(22)# | 6.8(6) s | β+ | 129Pr | 7/2−[8] | ||||||||||||
| β+, p (?%) | 128Ce | ||||||||||||||||||
| 129m1Nd | 17 keV[8] | 2.6(4) s | β+ | 129Pr | 1/2+[8] | ||||||||||||||
| β+, p (?%) | 128Ce | ||||||||||||||||||
| 129m2Nd[8] | 39 keV | 2.6(4) s | β+ | 129Pr | 3/2+ | ||||||||||||||
| β+, p (?%) | 128Ce | ||||||||||||||||||
| 129m3Nd[8] | 108 keV | IT (?%) | 129m2Nd | 5/2+ | |||||||||||||||
| IT (?%) | 129Nd | ||||||||||||||||||
| 129m4Nd[8] | 1893 keV | IT | 129Nd | (17/2+) | |||||||||||||||
| 129m5Nd[8] | 2109 keV | IT | 129Nd | (19/2+) | |||||||||||||||
| 129m6Nd[8] | 2284 keV | 0.48(4) μs | IT | 129Nd | (21/2+) | ||||||||||||||
| 130Nd | 60 | 70 | 129.928506(30) | 21(3) s | β+ | 130Pr | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 131Nd | 60 | 71 | 130.927248(30) | 25.4(9) s | β+ | 131Pr | (5/2+) | ||||||||||||
| β+, p (?%) | 130Ce | ||||||||||||||||||
| 132Nd | 60 | 72 | 131.923321(26) | 1.56(10) min | β+ | 132Pr | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 133Nd | 60 | 73 | 132.922348(50) | 70(10) s | β+ | 133Pr | (7/2+) | ||||||||||||
| 133m1Nd | 127.97(12) keV | ~70 s | β+ (?%) | 133Pr | (1/2)+ | ||||||||||||||
| IT (?%) | 133Nd | ||||||||||||||||||
| 133m2Nd | 176.10(10) keV | 301(18) ns | IT | 133Nd | (9/2–) | ||||||||||||||
| 134Nd | 60 | 74 | 133.918790(13) | 8.5(15) min | β+ | 134Pr | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 134mNd | 2293.0(4) keV | 389(17) μs | IT | 134Nd | 8– | ||||||||||||||
| 135Nd | 60 | 75 | 134.918181(21) | 12.4(6) min | β+ | 135Pr | 9/2– | ||||||||||||
| 135mNd | 64.95(24) keV | 5.5(5) min | β+ | 135Pr | (1/2+) | ||||||||||||||
| 136Nd | 60 | 76 | 135.914976(13) | 50.65(33) min | β+ | 136Pr | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 137Nd | 60 | 77 | 136.914563(13) | 38.5(15) min | β+ | 137Pr | 1/2+ | ||||||||||||
| 137mNd | 519.43(20) keV | 1.60(15) s | IT | 137Nd | 11/2– | ||||||||||||||
| 138Nd | 60 | 78 | 137.911951(12) | 5.04(9) h | β+ | 138Pr | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 138mNd | 3174.5(4) keV | 370(5) ns | IT | 138Nd | 10+ | ||||||||||||||
| 139Nd | 60 | 79 | 138.911951(30) | 29.7(5) min | β+ | 139Pr | 3/2+ | ||||||||||||
| 139m1Nd | 231.16(5) keV | 5.50(20) h | β+ (87.0%) | 139Pr | 11/2– | ||||||||||||||
| IT (13.0%) | 139Nd | ||||||||||||||||||
| 139m2Nd | 2616.9(6) keV | 276.8(18) ns | IT | 139Nd | 23/2 | ||||||||||||||
| 140Nd | 60 | 80 | 139.9095461(35) | 3.37(2) d | EC | 140Pr | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 140m1Nd | 2221.65(9) keV | 600(50) μs | IT | 140Nd | 7– | ||||||||||||||
| 140m2Nd | 7435.1(4) keV | 1.22(6) μs | IT | 140Nd | 20+ | ||||||||||||||
| 141Nd | 60 | 81 | 140.9096167(34) | 2.49(3) h | EC (97.28%) | 141Pr | 3/2+ | ||||||||||||
| β+ (2.72%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 141mNd | 756.51(5) keV | 62.0(8) s | IT (99.97%) | 141Nd | 11/2– | ||||||||||||||
| β+ (0.032%) | 141Pr | ||||||||||||||||||
| 142Nd | 60 | 82 | 141.9077288(13) | Stable | 0+ | 0.27153(40) | |||||||||||||
| 143Nd[n 9] | 60 | 83 | 142.9098198(13) | Observationally Stable[n 10] | 7/2− | 0.12173(26) | |||||||||||||
| 144Nd[n 9][n 11] | 60 | 84 | 143.9100928(13) | 2.29(16)×1015 y | α | 140Ce | 0+ | 0.23798(19) | |||||||||||
| 145Nd[n 9] | 60 | 85 | 144.9125792(14) | Observationally Stable[n 12] | 7/2− | 0.08293(12) | |||||||||||||
| 146Nd[n 9] | 60 | 86 | 145.9131225(14) | Observationally Stable[n 13] | 0+ | 0.17189(32) | |||||||||||||
| 147Nd[n 9] | 60 | 87 | 146.9161060(14) | 10.98(1) d | β− | 147Pm | 5/2− | ||||||||||||
| 148Nd[n 9] | 60 | 88 | 147.9168990(22) | Observationally Stable[n 14] | 0+ | 0.05756(21) | |||||||||||||
| 149Nd[n 9] | 60 | 89 | 148.9201546(22) | 1.728(1) h | β− | 149Pm | 5/2− | ||||||||||||
| 150Nd[n 9][n 11] | 60 | 90 | 149.9209013(12) | 9.3(7)×1018 y | β−β− | 150Sm | 0+ | 0.05638(28) | |||||||||||
| 151Nd | 60 | 91 | 150.9238394(12) | 12.44(7) min | β− | 151Pm | 3/2+ | ||||||||||||
| 152Nd | 60 | 92 | 151.924691(26) | 11.4(2) min | β− | 152Pm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 153Nd | 60 | 93 | 152.9277179(29) | 31.6(10) s | β− | 153Pm | (3/2)− | ||||||||||||
| 153mNd | 191.71(16) keV | 1.10(4) μs | IT | 153Nd | (5/2)+ | ||||||||||||||
| 154Nd | 60 | 94 | 153.9295974(11) | 25.9(2) s | β− | 154Pm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 154mNd | 1297.9(4) keV | 3.2(3) μs | IT | 154Nd | (4−) | ||||||||||||||
| 155Nd | 60 | 95 | 154.9331356(98) | 8.9(2) s | β− | 155Pm | (3/2−) | ||||||||||||
| 156Nd | 60 | 96 | 155.9353704(14) | 5.06(13) s | β− | 156Pm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 156mNd | 1431.3(4) keV | 365(145) ns | IT | 156Nd | 5− | ||||||||||||||
| 157Nd | 60 | 97 | 156.9393511(23) | 1.17(4) s[12] | β− | 157Pm | 5/2−# | ||||||||||||
| 158Nd | 60 | 98 | 157.9422056(14) | 810(30) ms | β− | 158Pm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 158mNd | 1648.1(14) keV | 339(20) ns | IT | 158Nd | (6−) | ||||||||||||||
| 159Nd | 60 | 99 | 158.946619(32) | 500(30) ms | β− | 159Pm | 7/2+# | ||||||||||||
| 160Nd | 60 | 100 | 159.949839(50) | 439(37) ms | β− | 160Pm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 160mNd | 1107.9(9) keV | 1.63(21) μs | IT | 160Nd | (4−) | ||||||||||||||
| 161Nd | 60 | 101 | 160.95466(43)# | 215(76) ms | β− | 161Pm | 1/2−# | ||||||||||||
| 162Nd | 60 | 102 | 161.95812(43)# | 310(200) ms | β− | 162Pm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 163Nd | 60 | 103 | 162.96341(54)# | 80# ms [>550 ns] | 5/2−# | ||||||||||||||
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| EC: | Electron capture |
| IT: | Isomeric transition |
| p: | Proton emission |
Daughter products other than neodymium