Isotopes of barium

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Isotopes of barium  (56Ba)
Main isotopes [1] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
130Ba0.11%(0.5–2.7)×1021 y εε 130Xe
132Ba0.1% stable
133Ba synth 10.51 y ε 133Cs
134Ba2.42%stable
135Ba6.59%stable
136Ba7.85%stable
137Ba11.2%stable
138Ba71.7%stable
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Ba)

Naturally occurring barium (56Ba) is a mix of six stable isotopes and one very long-lived radioactive primordial isotope, barium-130, identified as being unstable by geochemical means (from analysis of the presence of its daughter xenon-130 in rocks) in 2001. [4] This nuclide decays by double electron capture (absorbing two electrons and emitting two neutrinos), with a half-life of (0.5–2.7)×1021 years (about 1011 times the age of the universe).

There are a total of thirty-three known radioisotopes in addition to 130Ba. The longest-lived of these is 133Ba, which has a half-life of 10.51 years. All other radioisotopes have half-lives shorter than two weeks. The longest-lived isomer is 133mBa, which has a half-life of 38.9 hours. The shorter-lived 137mBa (half-life 2.55 minutes) arises as the decay product of the common fission product caesium-137.

Barium-114 is predicted to undergo cluster decay, emitting a nucleus of stable 12C to produce 102Sn. However this decay is not yet observed; the upper limit on the branching ratio of such decay is 0.0034%.

List of isotopes


Nuclide
[n 1]
Z N Isotopic mass (Da) [5]
[n 2] [n 3]
Half-life
Decay
mode

[n 4]
Daughter
isotope

[n 5] [n 6]
Spin and
parity
[n 7] [n 8]
Natural abundance (mole fraction)
Excitation energyNormal proportionRange of variation
114Ba5658113.95072(11)530(230) ms
[0.43(+30−15) s]
β+, p (99.59%)113Xe0+
α (.37%)110Xe
β+ (.04%)114Cs
CD (<.0034%) [n 9] 102Sn, 12C
115Ba5659114.94748(22)#0.45(5) sβ+115Cs(5/2+)#
β+, p114Xe
116Ba5660115.94162(22)#1.3(2) sβ+116Cs0+
β+, p115Xe
117Ba5661116.93832(27)1.75(7) sβ+117Cs(3/2)(+#)
β+, α113I
β+, p116Xe
118Ba5662117.93323(22)#5.2(2) sβ+118Cs0+
β+, p117Xe
119Ba5663118.93066(21)5.4(3) sβ+119Cs(5/2+)
β+, p118Xe
120Ba5664119.92604(32)24(2) sβ+120Cs0+
121Ba5665120.92405(15)29.7(15) sβ+ (99.98%)121Cs5/2(+)
β+, p (.02%)120Xe
122Ba5666121.91990(3)1.95(15) minβ+122Cs0+
123Ba5667122.918781(13)2.7(4) minβ+123Cs5/2(+)
124Ba5668123.915094(13)11.0(5) minβ+124Cs0+
125Ba5669124.914472(12)3.5(4) minβ+125Cs1/2(+#)
126Ba5670125.911250(13)100(2) minβ+126Cs0+
127Ba5671126.911091(12)12.7(4) minβ+127Cs1/2+
127mBa80.33(12) keV1.9(2) s IT 127Ba7/2−
128Ba5672127.9083524(17)2.43(5) dβ+128Cs0+
129Ba5673128.908683(11)2.23(11) hβ+129Cs1/2+
129mBa8.42(6) keV2.16(2) hβ+129Cs7/2+#
IT129Ba
130Ba [n 10] 5674129.9063260(3)1.6(±1.1)×1021 y Double EC 130Xe0+0.00106(1)
130mBa2475.12(18) keV9.54(14) msIT130Ba8−
131Ba5675130.9069463(4)11.50(6) dβ+131Cs1/2+
131mBa187.14(12) keV14.6(2) minIT131Ba9/2−
132Ba5676131.9050612(11) Observationally Stable [n 11] 0+0.00101(1)
133Ba5677132.9060074(11)10.51(5) yEC133Cs1/2+
133mBa288.247(9) keV38.9(1) hIT (99.99%)133Ba11/2−
EC (.0096%)133Cs
134Ba5678133.90450825(27)Stable0+0.02417(18)
135Ba5679134.90568845(26)Stable3/2+0.06592(12)
135mBa268.22(2) keV28.7(2) hIT135Ba11/2−
136Ba5680135.90457580(26)Stable0+0.07854(24)
136mBa2030.466(18) keV308.4(19) msIT136Ba7−
137Ba5681136.90582721(27)Stable3/2+0.11232(24)
137m1Ba661.659(3) keV2.552(1) minIT137Ba11/2−
137m2Ba2349.1(4) keV0.59(10) μs(17/2−)
138Ba [n 12] 5682137.90524706(27)Stable0+0.71698(42)
138mBa2090.54(6) keV800(100) ns6+
139Ba [n 12] 5683138.90884116(27)83.06(28) minβ139La7/2−
140Ba [n 12] 5684139.910608(8)12.752(3) dβ140La0+
141Ba [n 12] 5685140.914404(6)18.27(7) minβ141La3/2−
142Ba [n 12] 5686141.916433(6)10.6(2) minβ142La0+
143Ba [n 12] 5687142.920625(7)14.5(3) sβ143La5/2−
144Ba [n 12] 5688143.922955(8)11.5(2) sβ144La0+
145Ba5689144.927518(9)4.31(16) sβ145La5/2−
146Ba5690145.9303632(19)2.22(7) sβ (99.98%)146La0+
β, n (.02%)145La
147Ba5691146.935304(21)0.893(1) sβ (99.94%)147La(3/2+)
β, n (.06%)146La
148Ba5692147.9382230(16)0.612(17) sβ (99.6%)148La0+
β, n (.4%)147La
149Ba5693148.9432840(27)344(7) msβ (99.57%)149La3/2−#
β, n (.43%)148La
150Ba5694149.946441(6)300 msβ150La0+
β, n (rare)149La
151Ba5695150.95176(43)#200# ms [>300 ns]β151La3/2−#
152Ba5696151.95533(43)#100# msβ152La0+
153Ba5697152.96085(43)#80# msβ153La5/2−#
154Ba5698153.96466(54)#53(48) msβ154La0+
This table header & footer:
  1. mBa  Excited nuclear isomer.
  2. ()  Uncertainty (1σ) is given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits.
  3. #  Atomic mass marked #: value and uncertainty derived not from purely experimental data, but at least partly from trends from the Mass Surface (TMS).
  4. Modes of decay:
    CD: Cluster decay
    EC: Electron capture
    IT: Isomeric transition
    n: Neutron emission
    p: Proton emission
  5. Bold italics symbol as daughter  Daughter product is nearly stable.
  6. Bold symbol as daughter  Daughter product is stable.
  7. () spin value  Indicates spin with weak assignment arguments.
  8. #  Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from trends of neighboring nuclides (TNN).
  9. Cluster decay is predicted but had never been observed.
  10. Primordial radioisotope
  11. Believed to undergo β+β+ decay to 132Xe with a half-life over 300×1018 years
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fission product

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