Nuclides with atomic number of 60 but with different mass numbers
Isotopes of neodymium (60Nd)
Main isotopes[1]
Decay
abundance
half-life (t1/2)
mode
product
142Nd
27.2%
stable
143Nd
12.2%
stable
144Nd
23.8%
2.29×1015 y
α
140Ce
145Nd
8.3%
stable
146Nd
17.2%
stable
148Nd
5.80%
stable
150Nd
5.60%
9.3×1018 y[1]
β−β−
150Sm
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Nd)
144.242±0.003[2]
144.24±0.01 (abridged)[3]
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Naturally occurring neodymium (60Nd) is composed of 5 stable isotopes, 142Nd, 143Nd, 145Nd, 146Nd and 148Nd, with 142Nd being the most abundant (27.2% natural abundance), and 2 long-lived radioisotopes, 144Nd and 150Nd. In all, 33 radioisotopes of neodymium have been characterized up to now, with the most stable being naturally occurring isotopes 144Nd (alpha decay, a half-life (t1/2) of 2.29×1015 years) and 150Nd (double beta decay, t1/2 of 7×1018 years), and for practical purposes they can be considered to be stable as well. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than 12 days, and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than 70 seconds; the most stable artificial isotope is 147Nd with a half-life of 10.98 days. This element also has 13 known meta states with the most stable being 139mNd (t1/2 5.5 hours), 135mNd (t1/2 5.5 minutes) and 133m1Nd (t1/2 ~70 seconds).
The primary decay modes before the most abundant stable isotope (also the only theoretically stable isotope), 142Nd, are electron capture and positron decay, and the primary mode after is beta decay. The primary decay products before 142Nd are praseodymium isotopes and the primary products after are promethium isotopes.
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