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Isotopes of the Element Thulium

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Thulium

Most of the isotope data on this site has been obtained from the National Nuclear Data Center. Please visit their site for more information.

Isotopes With A Known Natural Abundance

Mass NumberNatural AbundanceHalf-life
169100%STABLE

Known Isotopes

Mass NumberHalf-lifeDecay ModeBranching Percentage
1441.9 microsecondsProton Emission> 0.00%
1453.17 microsecondsProton Emission100.00%
14680 millisecondsElectron CaptureNo Data Available
Proton EmissionNo Data Available
146m200 millisecondsProton EmissionNo Data Available
Electron CaptureNo Data Available
1470.58 secondsElectron Capture85.00%
Proton Emission15.00%
147m0.36 millisecondsProton Emission100.00%
1480.7 secondsElectron Capture100.00%
1490.9 secondsElectron Capture100.00%
Electron Capture with
delayed Proton Emission
0.20%
1502.20 secondsElectron Capture100.00%
150m5.2 millisecondsIsomeric Transition100.00%
1514.17 secondsElectron Capture100.00%
151m6.6 secondsElectron Capture100.00%
1528.0 secondsElectron Capture100.00%
152m5.2 secondsElectron Capture100.00%
1531.48 secondsAlpha Decay91.00%
Electron Capture9.00%
153m2.5 secondsAlpha Decay92.00%
Electron Capture8.00%
1548.1 secondsAlpha Decay54.00%
Electron Capture46.00%
154m3.30 secondsElectron Capture42.00%
Isomeric TransitionNo Data Available
Alpha Decay58.00%
15521.6 secondsElectron Capture99.11%
Alpha Decay0.89%
155m45 secondsElectron Capture> 98.00%
Alpha Decay< 2&period;00%
15683&period;8 secondsElectron Capture99&period;94%
Alpha Decay0&period;06%
1573&period;63 minutesElectron Capture100&period;00%
1583&period;98 minutesElectron Capture100&period;00%
158m20 secondsElectron Capture (suspected)No Data Available
1599&period;13 minutesElectron Capture100&period;00%
1609&period;4 minutesElectron Capture100&period;00%
160m74&period;5 secondsIsomeric Transition85&period;00%
Electron Capture15&period;00%
16130&period;2 minutesElectron Capture100&period;00%
16221&period;70 minutesElectron Capture100&period;00%
162m24&period;3 secondsIsomeric Transition81&period;00%
Electron Capture19&period;00%
1631&period;810 hoursElectron Capture100&period;00%
1642&period;0 minutesElectron Capture100&period;00%
164m5&period;1 minutesIsomeric Transition~ 80&period;00%
Electron Capture~ 20&period;00%
16530&period;06 hoursElectron Capture100&period;00%
1667&period;70 hoursElectron Capture100&period;00%
166m340 millisecondsIsomeric Transition100&period;00%
1679&period;25 daysElectron Capture100&period;00%
16893&period;1 daysElectron Capture99&period;99%
Beta-minus Decay0&period;01%
169STABLE--
170128&period;6 daysBeta-minus Decay99&period;87%
Electron Capture0&period;13%
1711&period;92 yearsBeta-minus Decay100&period;00%
17263&period;6 hoursBeta-minus Decay100&period;00%
1738&period;24 hoursBeta-minus Decay100&period;00%
1745&period;4 minutesBeta-minus Decay100&period;00%
174m2&period;29 secondsIsomeric Transition99&period;00%
Beta-minus Decay< 1&period;00%
17515&period;2 minutesBeta-minus Decay100&period;00%
1761&period;9 minutesBeta-minus Decay100&period;00%
17790 secondsBeta-minus Decay100&period;00%
178> 300 nanosecondsBeta-minus DecayNo Data Available
179No Data AvailableBeta-minus Decay (suspected)No Data Available

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