Isotopes of rhodium

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Isotopes of rhodium  (45Rh)
Main isotopes [1] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
99Rh synth 16.1 d β+ 99Ru
101Rhsynth4.07 y ε 101Ru
101mRhsynth4.343 dε 101Ru
IT 101Rh
102Rhsynth207 dβ+ 102Ru
β− 102Pd
102mRhsynth3.742 yβ+102Ru
IT102Rh
103Rh100% stable
105Rhsynth35.341 hβ− 105Pd
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Rh)

Naturally occurring rhodium (45Rh) is composed of only one stable isotope, 103Rh. [4] The most stable radioisotopes are 101Rh with a half-life of 3.3 years, 102Rh with a half-life of 207 days, and 99Rh with a half-life of 16.1 days. Thirty other radioisotopes have been characterized with atomic weights ranging from 88.949  u (89Rh) to 121.943 u (122Rh). Most of these have half-lives that are less than an hour except 100Rh (half-life: 20.8 hours) and 105Rh (half-life: 35.36 hours). There are also numerous meta states with the most stable being 102mRh (0.141 MeV) with a half-life of about 3.7 years and 101mRh (0.157 MeV) with a half-life of 4.34 days.

The primary decay mode before the only stable isotope, 103Rh, is electron capture and the primary mode after is beta emission. The primary decay product before 103Rh is ruthenium and the primary product after is palladium.

List of isotopes

Nuclide
[n 1] 		Z N Isotopic mass (Da)
[n 2] [n 3] 		Half-life
[n 4] 		Decay
mode
[n 5] 		Daughter
isotope
[n 6] 		Spin and
parity
[n 7] [n 4] 		Natural abundance (mole fraction)
Excitation energy [n 4] Normal proportionRange of variation
89Rh454488.94884(48)#10# ms
[>1.5 μs]		 β+ 89Ru7/2+#
90Rh454589.94287(54)#15(7) ms
[12(+9−4) ms]		β+90Ru0+#
90mRh0(500)# keV1.1(3) s
[1.0(+3−2) s]		9+#
91Rh454690.93655(43)#1.74(14) sβ+91Ru7/2+#
91mRh1.46(11) s(1/2−)
92Rh454791.93198(43)#4.3(13) sβ+92Ru(6+)
92mRh4.66(25) s
[2.9(+15−8) s]		(≥6+)
93Rh454892.92574(43)#11.9(7) sβ+93Ru9/2+#
94Rh454993.92170(48)#70.6(6) sβ+ (98.2%)94Ru(2+, 4+)
β+, p (1.79%)93Tc
94mRh300(200)# keV25.8(2) sβ+94Ru(8+)
95Rh455094.91590(16)5.02(10) minβ+95Ru(9/2)+
95mRh543.3(3) keV1.96(4) min IT (88%)95Rh(1/2)−
β+ (12%)95Ru
96Rh455195.914461(14)9.90(10) minβ+96Ru(6+)
96mRh52.0(1) keV1.51(2) minIT (60%)96Rh(3+)
β+ (40%)96Ru
97Rh455296.91134(4)30.7(6) minβ+97Ru9/2+
97mRh258.85(17) keV46.2(16) minβ+ (94.4%)97Ru1/2−
IT (5.6%)97Rh
98Rh455397.910708(13)8.72(12) minβ+98Ru(2)+
98mRh60(50)# keV3.6(2) minIT98Rh(5+)
β+98Ru
99Rh455498.908132(8)16.1(2) dβ+99Ru1/2−
99mRh64.3(4) keV4.7(1) hβ+ (99.83%)99Ru9/2+
IT (.16%)99Rh
100Rh455599.908122(20)20.8(1) hβ+100Ru1−
100m1Rh107.6(2) keV4.6(2) minIT (98.3%)100Rh(5+)
β+ (1.7%)100Ru
100m2Rh74.78(2) keV214.0(20) ns(2)+
100m3Rh112.0+X keV130(10) ns(7+)
101Rh4556100.906164(18)3.3(3) y EC 101Ru1/2−
101mRh157.32(4) keV4.34(1) dEC (93.6%)101Ru9/2+
IT (6.4%)101Rh
102Rh4557101.906843(5)207.0(15) dβ+ (80%)102Ru(1−, 2−)
β− (20%)102Pd
102mRh140.75(8) keV3.742(10) yβ+ (99.77%)102Ru6+
IT (.23%)102Rh
103Rh [n 8] 4558102.905504(3)Stable1/2−1.0000
103mRh39.756(6) keV56.114(9) minIT103Rh7/2+
104Rh4559103.906656(3)42.3(4) sβ− (99.55%)104Pd1+
β+ (.449%)104Ru
104mRh128.967(4) keV4.34(3) min5+
105Rh [n 8] 4560104.905694(4)35.36(6) hβ−105Pd7/2+
105mRh129.781(4) keV42.9(3) sIT105Rh1/2−
β−105Pd
106Rh4561105.907287(8)29.80(8) sβ−106Pd1+
106mRh136(12) keV131(2) minβ−106Pd(6)+
107Rh4562106.906748(13)21.7(4) minβ−107Pd7/2+
107mRh268.36(4) keV>10 μs1/2−
108Rh4563107.90873(11)16.8(5) sβ−108Pd1+
108mRh−60(110) keV6.0(3) minβ−108Pd(5)(+#)
109Rh4564108.908737(13)80(2) sβ−109Pd7/2+
110Rh4565109.91114(5)28.5(15) sβ−110Pd(>3)(+#)
110mRh−60(50) keV3.2(2) sβ−110Pd1+
111Rh4566110.91159(3)11(1) sβ−111Pd(7/2+)
112Rh4567111.91439(6)3.45(37) sβ−112Pd1+
112mRh330(70) keV6.73(15) sβ−112Pd(4, 5, 6)
113Rh4568112.91553(5)2.80(12) sβ−113Pd(7/2+)
114Rh4569113.91881(12)1.85(5) sβ− (>99.9%)114Pd1+
β−, n (<.1%)113Pd
114mRh200(150)# keV1.85(5) sβ−114Pd(4, 5)
115Rh4570114.92033(9)0.99(5) sβ−115Pd(7/2+)#
116Rh4571115.92406(15)0.68(6) sβ− (>99.9%)116Pd1+
β−, n (<.1%)115Pd
116mRh200(150)# keV570(50) msβ−116Pd(6−)
117Rh4572116.92598(54)#0.44(4) sβ−117Pd(7/2+)#
118Rh4573117.93007(54)#310(30) msβ−118Pd(4−10)(+#)
119Rh4574118.93211(64)#190(6) msβ−119Pd7/2+#
β−, n (6.4%)118Pd
120Rh4575119.93641(64)#129.6(42) msβ−120Pd8−#
β−, n (<9.3%)119Pd
121Rh4576120.93872(97)#74(4) msβ−121Pd7/2+#
β−, n (>11%)120Pd
122Rh4577121.94321(75)#51(6) msβ−122Pd7−#
β−, n (<3.9%)121Pd
123Rh457842(4) msβ−123Pd7/2+#
β−, n (>24%)122Pd
124Rh457930(2) msβ−124Pd2+#
β−, n (<31%)123Pd
125Rh458026.5(20) msβ−125Pd7/2+#
126Rh458119(3) msβ−126Pd1−#
127Rh458228(14) msβ−127Pd7/2+#
128Rh45838# ms
This table header & footer:
  1. ↑ mRh – 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. 1 2 3 # – Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from trends of neighboring nuclides (TNN).
  5. ↑ Modes of decay:
    EC: Electron capture
    IT: Isomeric transition
    n: Neutron emission
    p: Proton emission
  6. ↑ Bold symbol as daughter – Daughter product is stable.
  7. ↑ ( ) spin value – Indicates spin with weak assignment arguments.
  8. 1 2 Fission product

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