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| Standard atomic weightAr°(Yb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Naturally occurringytterbium (70Yb) is composed of seven stableisotopes:[n 1]168Yb,170Yb–174Yb, and176Yb, with174Yb being the most abundant (31.90%natural abundance). 30radioisotopes have been characterized, with the most stable being169Yb with ahalf-life of 32.014 days,175Yb with a half-life of 4.185 days, and166Yb with a half-life of 56.7 hours. All of the remainingradioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than 2 hours, with the majority of them being less than 20 minutes. This element also has 18meta states, with the most stable being169mYb (half-life 46 seconds).
The known isotopes of ytterbium range from149Yb to187Yb. The primarydecay mode before the most abundant stable isotope,174Yb iselectron capture givingthulium isotopes; the primary mode after isbeta emission givinglutetium isotopes. Of interest[why?] to modernquantum optics, the different ytterbium isotopes follow eitherBose–Einstein statistics orFermi–Dirac statistics, leading to different behavior inoptical lattices.
| Nuclide [n 2] | Z | N | Isotopic mass(Da)[4] [n 3][n 4] | Half-life[1] [n 5] | Decay mode[1] [n 6] | Daughter isotope [n 7] | Spin and parity[1] [n 5] | Natural abundance(mole fraction) | |||||||||||
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| Excitation energy[n 5] | Normal proportion[1] | Range of variation | |||||||||||||||||
| 148Yb | 70 | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 149Yb | 70 | 79 | 148.96422(32)# | 0.7(2) s | β+, p | 148Er | (1/2+) | ||||||||||||
| β+ (rare) | 149Tm | ||||||||||||||||||
| 150Yb | 70 | 80 | 149.95831(32)# | 700# ms [>200 ns] | β+? | 150Tm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 151Yb | 70 | 81 | 150.95540(32) | 1.6(5) s | β+ | 151Tm | (1/2+) | ||||||||||||
| β+,p (rare) | 150Er | ||||||||||||||||||
| 151m1Yb | 740(100)# keV | 1.6(5) s | β+ | 151Tm | (11/2−) | ||||||||||||||
| β+, p (rare) | 150Er | ||||||||||||||||||
| 151m2Yb | 2630(141)# keV | 2.6(7) μs | IT | 151Yb | 19/2−# | ||||||||||||||
| 151m3Yb | 3287(141)# keV | 20(1) μs | IT | 151Yb | 27/2−# | ||||||||||||||
| 152Yb | 70 | 82 | 151.95033(16) | 3.03(6) s | β+ | 152Tm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 152mYb | 2744.5(10) keV | 30(1) μs | IT | 152Yb | (10+) | ||||||||||||||
| 153Yb | 70 | 83 | 152.94937(22)# | 4.2(2) s | β+ | 153Tm | 7/2− | ||||||||||||
| β+, p (0.008%) | 152Er | ||||||||||||||||||
| 153mYb | 2630(50)# keV | 15(1) μs | IT | 153Yb | 27/2− | ||||||||||||||
| 154Yb | 70 | 84 | 153.946396(19) | 0.409(2) s | α (92.6%) | 150Er | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| β+ (7.4%) | 154Tm | ||||||||||||||||||
| 155Yb | 70 | 85 | 154.945783(18) | 1.793(20) s | α (89%) | 151Er | (7/2−) | ||||||||||||
| β+ (11%) | 155Tm | ||||||||||||||||||
| 156Yb | 70 | 86 | 155.942817(10) | 26.1(7) s | β+ (90%) | 156Tm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| α (10%) | 152Er | ||||||||||||||||||
| 157Yb | 70 | 87 | 156.942651(12) | 38.6(10) s | β+ | 157Tm | 7/2− | ||||||||||||
| α (rare) | 153Er | ||||||||||||||||||
| 158Yb | 70 | 88 | 157.939871(9) | 1.49(13) min | β+ (99.99%) | 158Tm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| α (.0021%) | 154Er | ||||||||||||||||||
| 159Yb | 70 | 89 | 158.940060(19) | 1.67(9) min | β+ | 159Tm | 5/2− | ||||||||||||
| 160Yb | 70 | 90 | 159.937559(6) | 4.8(2) min | β+ | 160Tm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 161Yb | 70 | 91 | 160.937912(16) | 4.2(2) min | β+ | 161Tm | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
| 162Yb | 70 | 92 | 161.935779(16) | 18.87(19) min | β+ | 162Tm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 163Yb | 70 | 93 | 162.936345(16) | 11.05(35) min | β+ | 163Tm | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
| 164Yb | 70 | 94 | 163.934501(16) | 75.8(17) min | EC | 164Tm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 165Yb | 70 | 95 | 164.935270(28) | 9.9(3) min | β+ | 165Tm | 5/2− | ||||||||||||
| 165mYb | 126.80(9) keV | 300(30) ns | IT | 165Yb | 9/2+ | ||||||||||||||
| 166Yb | 70 | 96 | 165.933876(8) | 56.7(1) h | EC | 166Tm | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 167Yb | 70 | 97 | 166.934954(4) | 17.5(2) min | β+ | 167Tm | 5/2− | ||||||||||||
| 167mYb | 571.548(22) keV | ~180 ns | IT | 167Yb | 11/2− | ||||||||||||||
| 168Yb | 70 | 98 | 167.93389130(10) | Observationally Stable[n 8] | 0+ | 0.00123(3) | |||||||||||||
| 169Yb | 70 | 99 | 168.93518421(19) | 32.014(5) d | EC | 169Tm | 7/2+ | ||||||||||||
| 169mYb | 24.1999(16) keV | 46(2) s | IT | 169Yb | 1/2− | ||||||||||||||
| 170Yb | 70 | 100 | 169.934767243(11) | Observationally Stable[n 9] | 0+ | 0.02982(39) | |||||||||||||
| 170mYb | 1258.46(14) keV | 370(15) ns | IT | 170Yb | 4− | ||||||||||||||
| 171Yb | 70 | 101 | 170.936331515(14) | Observationally Stable[n 10] | 1/2− | 0.14086(140) | |||||||||||||
| 171m1Yb | 95.282(2) keV | 5.25(24) ms | IT | 171Yb | 7/2+ | ||||||||||||||
| 171m2Yb | 122.416(2) keV | 265(20) ns | IT | 171Yb | 5/2− | ||||||||||||||
| 172Yb | 70 | 102 | 171.936386654(15) | Observationally Stable[n 11] | 0+ | 0.21686(130) | |||||||||||||
| 172mYb | 1550.43(6) keV | 3.6(1) μs | IT | 172Yb | 6− | ||||||||||||||
| 173Yb | 70 | 103 | 172.938216212(12) | Observationally Stable[n 12] | 5/2− | 0.16103(63) | |||||||||||||
| 173mYb | 398.9(5) keV | 2.9(1) μs | IT | 173Yb | 1/2− | ||||||||||||||
| 174Yb | 70 | 104 | 173.938867546(12) | Observationally Stable[n 13] | 0+ | 0.32025(80) | |||||||||||||
| 174m1Yb | 1518.148(13) keV | 830(40) μs | IT | 174Yb | 6+ | ||||||||||||||
| 174m2Yb | 1765.2(5) keV | 256(11) ns | IT | 174Yb | 7− | ||||||||||||||
| 175Yb | 70 | 105 | 174.94128191(8) | 4.185(1) d | β− | 175Lu | 7/2− | ||||||||||||
| 175mYb | 514.866(4) keV | 68.2(3) ms | IT | 175Yb | 1/2− | ||||||||||||||
| 176Yb | 70 | 106 | 175.942574706(16) | Observationally Stable[n 14] | 0+ | 0.12995(83) | |||||||||||||
| 176mYb | 1049.8(6) keV | 11.4(3) s | IT | 176Yb | 8− | ||||||||||||||
| β− (<10#%) | 176Lu | ||||||||||||||||||
| 177Yb | 70 | 107 | 176.94526385(24) | 1.911(3) h | β− | 177Lu | 9/2+ | ||||||||||||
| 177mYb | 331.5(3) keV | 6.41(2) s | IT | 177Yb | 1/2− | ||||||||||||||
| 178Yb | 70 | 108 | 177.946669(7) | 74(3) min | β− | 178Lu | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 179Yb | 70 | 109 | 178.94993(22)# | 8.0(4) min | β− | 179Lu | (1/2−) | ||||||||||||
| 180Yb | 70 | 110 | 179.95199(32)# | 2.4(5) min | β− | 180Lu | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 181Yb | 70 | 111 | 180.95589(32)# | 1# min [>300 ns] | β−? | 181Lu | 3/2−# | ||||||||||||
| 182Yb | 70 | 112 | 181.95824(43)# | 30# s [>300 ns] | β−? | 182Lu | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 183Yb | 70 | 113 | 182.96243(43)# | 30# s [>300 ns] | β−? | 183Lu | 3/2−# | ||||||||||||
| 184Yb | 70 | 114 | 183.96500(54)# | 7# s [>300 ns] | β−? | 184Lu | 0+ | ||||||||||||
| 185Yb | 70 | 115 | 184.96943(54)# | 5# s [>300 ns] | β−? | 185Lu | 9/2−# | ||||||||||||
| 186Yb[5] | 70 | 116 | 0+ | ||||||||||||||||
| 187Yb[5] | 70 | 117 | |||||||||||||||||
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| EC: | Electron capture |
| IT: | Isomeric transition |
Daughter products other than ytterbium