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Isotopes of Technetium
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Technetium is one of three elements in the first 82 that have no stable isotopes. The other such elements are promethium and tungsten, although since the half-llife of tungsten is so long (2.09 x 1019 years) it is usually classed as being stable.
Notable Isotopes
95mTc [52 neutrons]
Abundance: synthetic
Half life: 61 days [ Electron Capture ]
Decay Energy: ?MeV
Decays to 95Mo.
Half life: 61 days [ Gamma Radiation ]
Decay Energy: 0.204, 0.582, 0.835MeV
Decays to ?.
Half life: 61 days
Decay Energy: 0.0389eMeV
Decays to 95Tc.
96Tc [53 neutrons]
Abundance: synthetic
Half life: 4.3 days [ Electron Capture ]
Decay Energy: ?MeV
Decays to 96Mo.
Half life: 4.3 days [ Gamma Radiation ]
Decay Energy: 0.778, 0.849, 0.812MeV
Decays to ?.
97mTc [54 neutrons]
Abundance: synthetic
Half life: 90 days
Decay Energy: 0.965eMeV
Decays to 97Tc.
97Tc [54 neutrons]
Abundance: synthetic
Half life: 2.6 x 106 years [ Electron Capture ]
Decay Energy: ?MeV
Decays to 97Mo.
98Tc [55 neutrons]
Abundance: synthetic
Half life: 4.2 x 106 years [ beta- ]
Decay Energy: 0.4MeV
Decays to 98Ru.
Half life: 4.2 x 106 years [ Gamma Radiation ]
Decay Energy: 0.745, 0.652MeV
99mTc [56 neutrons]
Abundance: trace
Half life: 6.01 hours
Decay Energy: 0.142, 0.002MeV
Decays to 99Tc.
Half life: 6.01 hours [ Gamma Radiation ]
Decay Energy: 0.140MeV
99mTc (the 'm' indicates that this is a metastable nuclear isomer) is used in radioactive isotope medical tests, for example as a radioactive tracer that medical equipment can detect in the human body.
99Tc [56 neutrons]
Abundance: trace
Half life: 2.111 x 105 years [ beta- ]
Decay Energy: 0.294MeV
Decays to 99Ru.