- Isotopes of mendelevium
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Mendelevium (Md) is an artificial element, and thus a standard atomic mass cannot be given. Like all artificial elements, it has no stable isotopes. The first isotope to be synthesized was 256Md (which was also the first isotope of any element produced one atom at a time) in 1955. There are 18 known radioisotopes, ranging in atomic mass from 245Md to 262Md, and 5 isomers. The longest-lived isotope is 258Md with a half-life of 51.3 days, and the longest-lived isomer is 258mMd with a half-life of 58.0 minutes.
Table
nuclide
symbolZ(p) N(n)
isotopic mass (u)
half-life decay
mode(s)[1][n 1]daughter
isotope(s)nuclear
spinexcitation energy 245Md 101 144 245.08083(35)# 0.90(25) ms SF (various) (1/2-)# α (rare) 241Es 245mMd 200(100)# keV 400(200) ms
[0.35(+23-16) s]α 241Es (7/2+) β+ (rare) 245Fm 246Md 101 145 246.08189(35)# 1.0(4) s α 242Es β+ (rare) 246Fm 247Md 101 146 247.08164(35)# 1.12(22) s SF (various) 1/2-# α (rare) 243Es 247mMd ~0.2 s α (99.99%) 243Es SF (10−4%) (various) 248Md 101 147 248.08282(26)# 7(3) s β+ (80%) 248Fm α (20%) 244Es β+, SF (.05%) (various) 249Md 101 148 249.08301(24)# 24(4) s α (60%) 245Es (7/2-) β+ (40%) 249Fm 249mMd 100(100)# keV 1.9(9) s (1/2-) 250Md 101 149 250.08442(32)# 52(6) s β+ (93%) 250Fm α (7%) 246Es β+, SF (.02%) (various) 251Md 101 150 251.08484(22)# 4.0(5) min β+ (90%) 251Fm 7/2-# α (10%) 247Es 252Md 101 151 252.08656(21)# 2.3(8) min β+ (50%) 252Fm α (50%) 248Es 253Md 101 152 253.08728(22)# 12(8) min
[6(+12-3) min]β+ 253Fm 7/2-# α 249Es 254Md 101 153 254.08966(11)# 10(3) min β+ 254Fm (0-) α (rare) 250Es 254mMd 50(100)# keV 28(8) min β+ 254Fm (3-) α (rare) 250Es 255Md 101 154 255.091083(7) 27(2) min β+ (92%) 255Fm (7/2-) α (8%) 251Es SF (.15%) (various) 256Md 101 155 256.09406(6) 77(2) min β+ (89%) 256Fm (1-) α (11%) 252Es 257Md 101 156 257.095541(3) 5.52(5) h EC (84.8%) 257Fm (7/2-) α (15.2%) 253Es SF (1%) (various) 258Md 101 157 258.098431(5) 51.5(3) d α (99.99%) 254Es (8-)# β- (.0015%) 258No β+ (.0015%) 258Fm 258mMd 0(200)# keV 57.0(9) min EC (70%) 258Fm 1-# SF (20%) (various) β- (10%) 258No α (1.2%) 254Es 259Md 101 158 259.10051(22)# 1.60(6) h SF (98.7%) (various) 7/2-# α (1.3%) 255Es 260Md 101 159 260.10365(34)# 27.8(8) d SF (85%) (various) α (5%) 256Es EC (5%) 260Fm β- (3.5%) 260No 261Md 101 160 261.10572(70)# 40# min 7/2-# 262Md 101 161 262.10887(63)# 3# min - ^ Abbreviations:
EC: Electron capture
IT: Isomeric transition
SF: Spontaneous fission
Notes
- Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from systematic trends. Spins with weak assignment arguments are enclosed in parentheses.
- Uncertainties are given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits. Uncertainty values denote one standard deviation, except isotopic composition and standard atomic mass from IUPAC which use expanded uncertainties.
References
- Isotope masses from:
- G. Audi, A. H. Wapstra, C. Thibault, J. Blachot and O. Bersillon (2003). "The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and decay properties". Nuclear Physics A 729: 3–128. Bibcode 2003NuPhA.729....3A. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001. http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/amdc/nubase/Nubase2003.pdf.
- Isotopic compositions and standard atomic masses from:
- J. R. de Laeter, J. K. Böhlke, P. De Bièvre, H. Hidaka, H. S. Peiser, K. J. R. Rosman and P. D. P. Taylor (2003). "Atomic weights of the elements. Review 2000 (IUPAC Technical Report)". Pure and Applied Chemistry 75 (6): 683–800. doi:10.1351/pac200375060683. http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/75/6/0683/pdf/.
- M. E. Wieser (2006). "Atomic weights of the elements 2005 (IUPAC Technical Report)". Pure and Applied Chemistry 78 (11): 2051–2066. doi:10.1351/pac200678112051. http://iupac.org/publications/pac/78/11/2051/pdf/. Lay summary.
- Half-life, spin, and isomer data selected from the following sources. See editing notes on this article's talk page.
- G. Audi, A. H. Wapstra, C. Thibault, J. Blachot and O. Bersillon (2003). "The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and decay properties". Nuclear Physics A 729: 3–128. Bibcode 2003NuPhA.729....3A. doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001. http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/amdc/nubase/Nubase2003.pdf.
- National Nuclear Data Center. "NuDat 2.1 database". Brookhaven National Laboratory. http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat2/. Retrieved September 2005.
- N. E. Holden (2004). "Table of the Isotopes". In D. R. Lide. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (85th ed.). CRC Press. Section 11. ISBN 978-0849304859.
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