Isotopes of Technetium |
Notes |
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 | |
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99Tc [56 neutrons] | |
Abundance: trace | |
Half life: 2.111 x 105 years [ beta- ] | |
Decay Energy: 0.294MeV | |
Decays to 99Ru. |