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Of the 26 "monoisotopic" elements that have only a single stable isotope, all but one have an odd atomic number—the single exception being beryllium. In addition, no odd-numbered element has more than two stable isotopes, while every even-numbered element with stable isotopes, except for helium, beryllium, and carbon, has at least three.
Indium-115 makes up 95.7% of all indium. Indium is one of three known elements (the others being tellurium and rhenium) of which the stable isotope is less abundant in nature than the long-lived primordial radioisotopes. [37] The stablest artificial isotope is indium-111, with a half-life of approximately 2.8 days. All other isotopes have half ...
Experiments aimed at synthesizing elements ranging in atomic number from 110 to 127 were conducted at laboratories around the world. [51] [52] These elements were sought in fusion-evaporation reactions, in which a heavy target made of one nuclide is irradiated by accelerated ions of another in a cyclotron, and new nuclides are produced after ...
Atomic nuclei with an odd number of protons are less stable than those with even numbers, even when the total number of nucleons (protons + neutrons) is even, [57] and odd numbered elements have fewer stable isotopes. The most stable radioactive isotopes are technetium-97 with a half-life of 4.21 ± 0.16 million years and technetium-98 with 4.2 ...
59 Co is the only stable cobalt isotope and the only isotope that exists naturally on Earth. Twenty-two radioisotopes have been characterized: the most stable, 60 Co, has a half-life of 5.2714 years; 57 Co has a half-life of 271.8 days; 56 Co has a half-life of 77.27 days; and 58 Co has a half-life of 70.86 days.
Of the 80 elements with at least one stable isotope, 26 have only one stable isotope. The mean number of stable isotopes for the 80 stable elements is 3.1 stable isotopes per element. The largest number of stable isotopes for a single element is 10 (for tin, element 50).
The island of stability is a hypothetical region in the top right cluster of nuclides that contains isotopes far more stable than other transuranic elements. There are no stable nuclides having an equal number of protons and neutrons in their nuclei with atomic number greater than 20 (i.e. calcium) as can be readily observed from the chart ...
Naturally occurring manganese is composed of one stable isotope, 55 Mn. Several radioisotopes have been isolated and described, ranging in atomic weight from 46 u (46 Mn) to 72 u (72 Mn). The most stable are 53 Mn with a half-life of 3.7 million years, 54 Mn with a half-life of 312.2 days, and 52 Mn with a half-life of 5.591