Prop:

Unit:
t

a
Yield
%
Q *
keV

*
155
Eu
4.76 .0803 252
85
Kr
10.76 .2180 687
113m
Cd
14.1 .0008 316
90
Sr
28.9 4.505 2826
137
Cs
30.23 6.337 1176
121m
Sn
43.9 .00005 390
151
Sm
96.6 .5314 77
Medium-lived
fission products
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Naturally occurring cadmium (Cd) is composed of 8 isotopes. For two of them, natural radioactivity was observed, and three others
are predicted to be radioactive but their decays were never observed, due to extremely long half-life times. The two natural
radioactive isotopes are
113
Cd (beta decay, half-life is 7.7 10
15
years) and
116
Cd (two-neutrino double beta decay, half-life is 2.9
10
19
years). The other three are
106
Cd,
108
Cd (double electron capture), and
114
Cd (double beta decay); only lower limits on their
half-life times have been set. At least three isotopes -
110
Cd,
111
Cd, and
112
Cd - are absolutely stable (except, theoretically, to
spontaneous fission). Among the isotopes absent in the natural cadmium, the most long-lived are
109
Cd with a half-life of 462.6 days,
and
115
Cd with a half-life of 53.46 hours. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than 2.5 hours and
the majority of these have half-lives that are less than 5 minutes. This element also has 8 known meta states with the most stable
being
113m
Cd (t

14.1 years),
115m
Cd (t

44.6 days) and

117m
Cd (t

3.36 hours).
The known isotopes of cadmium range in atomic mass from 94.950 u (
95
Cd) to 131.946 u (
132
Cd). The primary decay mode before
the second most abundant stable isotope,
112
Cd, is electron capture and the primary modes after are beta emission and electron
capture. The primary decay product before
112
Cd is element 47 (silver) and the primary product after is element 49 (indium).
Standard atomic mass: 112.411(8) u
Contents
1 Cadmium-113m
2 Table
2.1 Notes
3 References
Cadmium-113m
Cadmium-113m is a cadmium radioisotope and nuclear isomer with a halflife of 14.1 years. In a
normal thermal reactor, it has a very low fission product yield, plus its large neutron capture cross
section means that most of even the small amount produced is destroyed in the course of the nuclear
fuel's burnup; thus, this isotope is not a significant contributor to nuclear waste.
Fast fission or fission of some heavier actinides will produce
113m
Cd at higher yields.
Table
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nuclide
symbol
Z(p) N(n)

isotopic mass (u)

half-life
[n 1]
decay
mode(s)
[1][n 2]
daughter
isotope(s)
[n 3]
nuclear
spin
representative
isotopic
composition
(mole fraction)
range of natural
variation
(mole fraction)
excitation energy
95
Cd 48 47 94.94987(64)# 5# ms 9/2+#
96
Cd
48 48 95.93977(54)# 1# s

+ 96
Ag
0+
97
Cd 48 49 96.93494(43)# 2.8(6) s

+
(>99.9%)
97
Ag
9/2+#

+
, p (<.1%)
96
Pd
98
Cd 48 50 97.92740(8) 9.2(3) s

+
(99.975%)
98
Ag
0+

+
, p (.025%)
97
Ag
98m
Cd
2427.5(6) keV 190(20) ns 8+#
99
Cd 48 51 98.92501(22)# 16(3) s

+
(99.78%)
99
Ag
(5/2+)
+
, p (.21%)
98
Pd

+
, (10
4
%)
94
Rh
100
Cd 48 52 99.92029(10) 49.1(5) s
+ 100
Ag 0+
101
Cd 48 53 100.91868(16) 1.36(5) min
+ 101
Ag (5/2+)
102
Cd 48 54 101.91446(3) 5.5(5) min
+ 102
Ag 0+
103
Cd
48 55 102.913419(17) 7.3(1) min

+ 103
Ag
5/2+
104
Cd 48 56 103.909849(10) 57.7(10) min
+ 104
Ag 0+
105
Cd 48 57 104.909468(12) 55.5(4) min
+ 105
Ag 5/2+
106
Cd
48 58 105.906459(6)
Observationally Stable
[n 4]
0+ 0.0125(6)
107
Cd
48 59 106.906618(6) 6.50(2) h

+ 107m
Ag
5/2+
108
Cd 48 60 107.904184(6) Observationally Stable
[n 5]
0+ 0.0089(3)
109
Cd 48 61 108.904982(4) 461.4(12) d EC
109
Ag 5/2+
109m1
Cd
59.6(4) keV 12(2) s 1/2+
109m2
Cd 463.0(5) keV 10.9(5) s 11/2-
110
Cd 48 62 109.9030021(29) Stable
[n 6]
0+ 0.1249(18)
111
Cd
[n 7]
48 63 110.9041781(29) Stable
[n 6]
1/2+ 0.1280(12)
111m
Cd
396.214(21) keV 48.50(9) min IT
111
Cd
11/2-
112
Cd
[n 7]
48 64 111.9027578(29) Stable
[n 6]
0+ 0.2413(21)
113
Cd
[n 7][n 8]
48 65 112.9044017(29) 7.7(3)10
15
a
- 113
In 1/2+ 0.1222(12)
113m
Cd
[n 7]
263.54(3) keV 14.1(5) a

-
(99.86%)
113
In
11/2-
IT (.139%)
113
Cd
114
Cd
[n 7]
48 66 113.9033585(29)
Observationally Stable
[n 9]
0+ 0.2873(42)
115
Cd
[n 7]
48 67 114.9054310(29) 53.46(5) h

- 115m
In
1/2+
115m
Cd 181.0(5) keV 44.56(24) d
- 115m
In (11/2)-
116
Cd
[n 7][n 8]
48 68 115.904756(3) 3.1(4)10
19
a
-

- 116
Sn 0+ 0.0749(18)
117
Cd
48 69 116.907219(4) 2.49(4) h

- 117m
In
1/2+
117m
Cd 136.4(2) keV 3.36(5) h
- 117m
In (11/2)-
118
Cd 48 70 117.906915(22) 50.3(2) min
- 118
In 0+
119
Cd 48 71 118.90992(9) 2.69(2) min
- 119m
In (3/2+)
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119m
Cd
146.54(11) keV 2.20(2) min

- 119m
In
(11/2-)#
120
Cd
48 72 119.90985(2) 50.80(21) s

- 120
In
0+
121
Cd 48 73 120.91298(9) 13.5(3) s
- 121m
In (3/2+)
121m
Cd 214.86(15) keV 8.3(8) s
- 121m
In (11/2-)
122
Cd
48 74 121.91333(5) 5.24(3) s

- 122
In
0+
123
Cd
48 75 122.91700(4) 2.10(2) s

- 123m
In
(3/2)+
123m
Cd 316.52(23) keV 1.82(3) s

- 123
In
(11/2-)
IT
23
Cd
124
Cd
48 76 123.91765(7) 1.25(2) s

- 124
In
0+
125
Cd 48 77 124.92125(7) 0.65(2) s
- 125m
In (3/2+)#
125m
Cd 50(70) keV 570(90) ms
- 125
In 11/2-#
126
Cd 48 78 125.92235(6) 0.515(17) s
- 126
In 0+
127
Cd
48 79 126.92644(8) 0.37(7) s

- 127m
In
(3/2+)
128
Cd 48 80 127.92776(32) 0.28(4) s
- 128
In 0+
129
Cd 48 81 128.93215(32)# 242(8) ms

-
(>99.9%)
129
In
3/2+#
IT (<.1%)
129
Cd
129m
Cd
0(200)# keV 104(6) ms 11/2-#
130
Cd 48 82 129.9339(3) 162(7) ms

-
(96%)
130
In
0+

-
, n (4%)
129
In
131
Cd
48 83 130.94067(32)# 68(3) ms 7/2-#
132
Cd 48 84 131.94555(54)# 97(10) ms 0+
^ Bold for isotopes with half-lives longer than the age of the universe (nearly stable) 1.
^ Abbreviations:
EC: Electron capture
IT: Isomeric transition
2.
^ Bold for stable isotopes, bold italics for nearly-stable isotopes (half-life longer than the age of the universe) 3.
^ Believed to decay by
+

+
to
106
Pd with a half-life over 4.110
20
years 4.
^ Believed to decay by
+

+
to
108
Pd with a half-life over 4.110
17
years 5.
^
a

b

c
Theoretically capable of spontaneous fission 6.
^
a

b

c

d

e

f

g
Fission product 7.
^
a

b
Primordial radionuclide 8.
^ Believed to undergo
-

-
decay to
114
Sn with a half-life over 6.410
18
years 9.
Notes
The precision of the isotope abundances and atomic mass is limited through variations. The given ranges should be applicable
to any normal terrestrial material.
Geologically exceptional samples are known in which the isotopic composition lies outside the reported range. The uncertainty
in the atomic mass may exceed the stated value for such specimens.
Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from systematic trends. Spins with weak
assignment arguments are enclosed in parentheses.
Uncertainties are given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits. Uncertainty values denote one
standard deviation, except isotopic composition and standard atomic mass from IUPAC which use expanded uncertainties.
Hyperdeformation is predicted to be found in
107
Cd.
References
Isotope masses from:
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^ http://www.nucleonica.net/unc.aspx 1.
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