Isotopes of magnesium
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Template:Infobox magnesium isotopes
Magnesium (12Mg) naturally occurs as three stable isotopes: 24
Mg, 25
Mg, and 26
Mg. There are also 19 artificial radioisotopes that have been discovered, ranging from 18
Mg to 40
Mg (with the exception of 39
Mg). The longest-lived of them is 28
Mg with a half-life of 20.915 hours. The isotopes lighter than the stable ones mostly decay to isotopes of sodium, while those heavier decay to isotopes of aluminium.
A precise measurement of the neutron-rich 40Mg in 2019 showed an unexpected difference in its nuclear structure, compared to the lighter neighboring isotopes.[1][2]
List of isotopes
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|-id=Magnesium-18
| 18
Mg[3]
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| style="text-align:right" | 6
|
| style="text-align:center" | 2021
| 4.0(3.4) zs
| 2p
| 16
Ne[n 1]
| 0+
|
|
|-id=Magnesium-19
| 19
Mg
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| style="text-align:right" | 7
| 19.034180(60)
| style="text-align:center" | 2007
| 5(3) ps
| 2p
| 17
Ne
| 1/2−#
|
|
|-id=Magnesium-20
| rowspan=2|20
Mg
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 12
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 8
| rowspan=2|20.0187631(20)
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1974
| rowspan=2|90.4(5) ms
| β+ (69.7(1.2)%)
| 20
Na
| rowspan=2|0+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β+p (30.3(1.2)%)
| 19
Ne
|-id=Magnesium-21
| rowspan=4|21
Mg
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:right" | 12
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:right" | 9
| rowspan=4|21.0117058(8)
| rowspan=4 style="text-align:center" | 1965
| rowspan=4|120.0(4) ms
| β+ (79.8(2.1)%)
| 21
Na
| rowspan=4|5/2+
| rowspan=4|
| rowspan=4|
|-
| β+p (20.1(2.1)%)
| 20
Ne
|-
| β+α (0.116(18)%)
| 17
F
|-
| β+pα (0.016(3)%)
| 16
O
|-id=Magnesium-22
| 22
Mg
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| style="text-align:right" | 10
| 21.99957060(17)
| style="text-align:center" | 1961
| 3.8745(7) s
| β+
| 22
Na
| 0+
|
|
|-id=Magnesium-23
| 23
Mg
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| style="text-align:right" | 11
| 22.99412377(3)
| style="text-align:center" | 1939
| 11.3039(32) s
| β+
| 23
Na
| 3/2+
|
|
|-id=Magnesium-24
| 24
Mg
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| 23.985041689(14)
| style="text-align:center" | 1920
| colspan=3 align=center|Stable
| 0+
| colspan=2 align=center|[0.7888, 0.7905]
|-id=Magnesium-25
| 25
Mg
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| style="text-align:right" | 13
| 24.98583697(5)
| style="text-align:center" | 1920
| colspan=3 align=center|Stable
| 5/2+
| colspan=2 align=center|[0.09988, 0.10034]
|-id=Magnesium-26
| 26
Mg[n 2]
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| style="text-align:right" | 14
| 25.98259297(3)
| style="text-align:center" | 1920
| colspan=3 align=center|Stable
| 0+
| colspan=2 align=center|[0.1096, 0.1109]
|-id=Magnesium-27
| 27
Mg
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| style="text-align:right" | 15
| 26.98434065(5)
| style="text-align:center" | 1934
| 9.435(27) min
| β−
| 27
Al
| 1/2+
|
|
|-id=Magnesium-28
| 28
Mg
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| style="text-align:right" | 16
| 27.98387543(28)
| style="text-align:center" | 1953
| 20.915(9) h
| β−
| 28
Al
| 0+
|
|
|-id=Magnesium-29
| 29
Mg
| style="text-align:right" | 12
| style="text-align:right" | 17
| 28.9886072(4)
| style="text-align:center" | 1971
| 1.30(12) s
| β−
| 29
Al
| 3/2+
|
|
|-id=Magnesium-30
| rowspan=2|30
Mg
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 12
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 18
| rowspan=2|29.9904655(14)
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1971
| rowspan=2|317(4) ms
| β− (> 99.94%)
| 30
Al
| rowspan=2|0+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−n (< 0.06%)
| 29
Al
|-id=Magnesium-31
| rowspan=2|31
Mg
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 12
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 19
| rowspan=2|30.996648(3)
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1977
| rowspan=2|270(2) ms
| β− (93.8(1.9)%)
| 31
Al
| rowspan=2|1/2+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−n (6.2(1.9)%)
| 30
Al
|-id=Magnesium-32
| rowspan=2|32
Mg
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 12
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 20
| rowspan=2|31.999110(4)
| rowspan=2 style="text-align:center" | 1977
| rowspan=2|80.4(4) ms
| β− (94.5(5)%)
| 32
Al
| rowspan=2|0+
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2|
|-
| β−n (5.5(5)%)
| 31
Al
|-id=Magnesium-33
| rowspan=3|33
Mg
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 12
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 21
| rowspan=3|33.0053279(29)
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1979
| rowspan=3|92.0(1.2) ms
| β− (86(2)%)
| 33
Al
| rowspan=3|3/2−
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
|-
| β−n (14(2)%)
| 32
Al
|-
| β−2n ?
| 31
Al ?
|-id=Magnesium-34
| rowspan=3|34
Mg
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 12
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 22
| rowspan=3|34.008935(7)
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1979
| rowspan=3|44.9(4) ms
| β− (> 78.9(7.0)%)
| 34
Al
| rowspan=3|0+
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
|-
| β−n (21(7)%)
| 33
Al
|-
| β−2n (< 0.1%)
| 32
Al
|-id=Magnesium-35
| rowspan=3|35
Mg
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 12
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 23
| rowspan=3|35.01679(29)
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1989
| rowspan=3|11.3(6) ms
| β−n (52(46)%)
| 34
Al
| rowspan=3|(3/2−, 5/2−)
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
|-
| β− (48(46)%)
| 35
Al
|-
| β−2n ?
| 33
Al ?
|-id=Magnesium-36
| rowspan=3|36
Mg
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 12
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 24
| rowspan=3|36.02188(74)
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1989
| rowspan=3|3.9(1.3) ms
| β− (52(12)%)
| 36
Al
| rowspan=3|0+
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
|-
| β−n (48(12)%)
| 35
Al
|-
| β−2n ?
| 34
Al ?
|-id=Magnesium-36m
| 36m
Mg
| colspan=3 style="text-indent:2em"| 833 keV
| style="text-align:center" | 2024
| 90(+80-7) ms
| IT
| 36
Mg
| (0+)
|
|-id=Magnesium-37
| rowspan=3|37
Mg
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 12
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 25
| rowspan=3|37.03029(75)
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 1996
| rowspan=3|8(4) ms
| β− ?
| 37
Al ?
| rowspan=3|(3/2−)
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
|-
| β−n ?
| 36
Al ?
|-
| β−2n ?
| 35
Al ?
|-id=Magnesium-38
| rowspan=3|38
Mg
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 12
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 26
| rowspan=3|38.03658(54)#
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 2002
| rowspan=3|3.1(4 (stat), 2 (sys)) ms[4]
| β−n (81%)
| 37
Al
| rowspan=3|0+
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
|-
| β− (9%)
| 38
Al
|-
| β−2n (9%)
| 36
Al
|-id=Magnesium-40
| rowspan=3|40
Mg
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 12
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 28
| rowspan=3|40.05319(54)#
| rowspan=3 style="text-align:center" | 2007
| rowspan=3|1# ms [> 170 ns]
| β− ?
| 40
Al ?
| rowspan=3|0+
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|
|-
| β−n ?
| 39
Al ?
|-
| β−2n ?
| 38
Al ?
|-
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See also
Daughter products other than magnesium
References
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