Isotopes of selenium

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Isotopes of selenium  (34Se)
Main isotopes [1] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
72Se synth 8.4 d ε 72As
γ
74Se0.860% stable
75Sesynth119.8 dε 75As
γ
76Se9.23%stable
77Se7.60%stable
78Se23.7%stable
79Se trace 3.27×105 y β 79Br
80Se49.8%stable
82Se8.82%8.76×1019 y ββ 82Kr
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Se)

Selenium has six natural isotopes that occur in significant quantities, along with the trace isotope 79Se, which occurs in minute quantities in uranium ores. Five of these isotopes are stable: 74Se, 76Se, 77Se, 78Se, and 80Se. The last three also occur as fission products, along with 79Se, which has a half-life of 327,000 years, [4] [5] and 82Se, which has a very long half-life (~1020 years, decaying via double beta decay to 82Kr) and for practical purposes can be considered to be stable. There are 23 other unstable isotopes that have been characterized, the longest-lived being 79Se with a half-life 327,000 years, 75Se with a half-life of 120 days, and 72Se with a half-life of 8.40 days. Of the other isotopes, 73Se has the longest half-life, 7.15 hours; most others have half-lives not exceeding 38 seconds.

Contents

List of isotopes

Nuclide
[n 1]
Z N Isotopic mass (Da) [6]
[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)
Excitation energyNormal proportion [1] Range of variation
63Se342962.98191(54)#13.2(39) ms β+, p (89%)62Ge3/2−#
β+ (11%)63As
2p? (<0.5%)61Ge
64Se343063.97117(54)#22.6(2) msβ+?64As0+
β+, p?63Ge
65Se343164.96455(32)#34.2(7) msβ+, p (87%)64Ge3/2−#
β+ (13%)65As
66Se343265.95528(22)#54(4) msβ+66As0+
β+, p?65Ge
67Se343366.949994(72)133(4) msβ+ (99.5%)67As5/2−#
β+, p (0.5%)66Ge
68Se343467.94182524(53)35.5(7) sβ+68As0+
69Se343568.9394148(16)27.4(2) sβ+ (99.95%)69As1/2−
β+, p (.052%)68Ge
69m1Se38.85(22) keV2.0(2) μs IT 69Se5/2−
69m2Se574.0(4) keV955(16) nsIT69Se9/2+
70Se343669.9335155(17)41.1(3) minβ+70As0+
71Se343770.9322094(30)4.74(5) minβ+71As(5/2−)
71m1Se48.79(5) keV5.6(7) μsIT71Se(1/2−)
71m2Se260.48(10) keV19.0(5) μsIT71Se(9/2+)
72Se343871.9271405(21)8.40(8) d EC 72As0+
73Se343972.9267549(80)7.15(9) hβ+73As9/2+
73mSe25.71(4) keV39.8(17) minIT (72.6%)73Se3/2−
β+ (27.4%)73As
74Se344073.922475933(15) Observationally Stable [n 9] 0+0.0086(3)
75Se344174.922522870(78)119.78(3) dEC75As5/2+
76Se344275.919213702(17)Stable0+0.0923(7)
77Se [n 10] 344376.919914150(67)Stable1/2−0.0760(7)
77mSe161.9223(10) keV17.36(5) sIT77Se7/2+
78Se [n 10] 344477.91730924(19)Stable0+0.2369 (22)
79Se [n 11] 344578.91849925(24)3.27(28)×105 yβ79Br7/2+
79mSe95.77(3) keV3.900(18) minIT (99.94%)79Se1/2−
β (0.056%)79Br
80Se [n 10] 344679.9165218(10)Observationally Stable [n 12] 0+0.4980(36)
81Se [n 10] 344780.9179930(10)18.45(12) minβ81Br1/2−
81mSe103.00(6) keV57.28(2) minIT (99.95%)81Se7/2+
β (.051%)81Br
82Se [n 10] [n 13] 344881.91669953(50)8.76(15)×1019 y ββ 82Kr0+0.0882(15)
83Se344982.9191186(33)22.25(4) minβ83Br9/2+
83mSe228.92(7) keV70.1(4) sβ83Br1/2−
84Se345083.9184668(21)3.26(10) minβ84Br0+
85Se345184.9222608(28)32.9(3) sβ85Br(5/2)+
86Se345285.9243117(27)14.3(3) sβ86Br0+
β, n?85Br
87Se345386.9286886(24)5.50(6) sβ (99.50%)87Br(3/2+)
β, n (0.60%)86Br
88Se345487.9314175(36)1.53(6) sβ (99.01%)88Br0+
β, n (0.99%)87Br
89Se345588.9366691(40)430(50) msβ (92.2%)89Br5/2+#
β, n (7.8%)88Br
90Se345689.94010(35)210(80) msβ90Br0+
β, n?89Br
91Se345790.94570(47)270(50) msβ (79%)91Br1/2+#
β, n (21%)90Br
β, 2n?89Br
92Se345891.94984(43)#90# ms [>300 ns]β?92Br0+
β, n?91Br
β, 2n?90Br
92mSe3072(2) keV15.7(7) μsIT92Se(9−)
93Se345992.95614(43)#130# ms [>300 ns]β?93Br1/2+#
β, n?92Br
β, 2n?91Br
93mSe678.2(7) keV420(100) nsIT93Se
94Se346093.96049(54)#50# ms [>300 ns]β?94Br0+
β, n?93Br
β, 2n?92Br
94mSe2430.0(6) keV680(50) nsIT94Se(7−)
95Se346194.96730(54)#70# ms [>400 ns]β?95Br3/2+#
β, n?94Br
β, 2n?93Br
96Se [7] 3462
97Se [7] 3463
This table header & footer:
  1. mSe  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. Bold half-life  nearly stable, half-life longer than age of universe.
  5. 1 2 #  Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from trends of neighboring nuclides (TNN).
  6. Modes of decay:
    EC: Electron capture
    IT: Isomeric transition
    n: Neutron emission
    p: Proton emission
  7. Bold symbol as daughter  Daughter product is stable.
  8. () spin value  Indicates spin with weak assignment arguments.
  9. Theoretically capable of β+β+ decay to 74Ge; half-life is above 2.3×1018 y.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 Fission product
  11. Long-lived fission product
  12. Theoretically capable of ββ decay to 80Kr
  13. Primordial radionuclide

Use of radioisotopes

The isotope selenium-75 has radiopharmaceutical uses. For example, it is used in high-dose-rate endorectal brachytherapy, as an alternative to iridium-192. [8]

In paleobiogeochemistry, the ratio in amount of selenium-82 to selenium-76 (i.e, the value of δ82/76Se) can be used to track down the redox conditions on Earth during the Neoproterozoic era in order to gain a deeper understanding of the rapid oxygenation that trigger the emergence of complex organisms. [9] [10]

See also

Daughter products other than selenium

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