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There are two natural isotopes of iridium (Ir), and 34 radioisotopes, the most stable radioisotope being 192Ir with a half-life of 73.83
days, and many nuclear isomers, the most stable of which is 192m2Ir with a half-life of 241 years, all other isomers have half-lives
under a year, most under a day.
Standard atomic mass: 192.217(3) u

Contents
1 Iridium-192
2 Table
2.1 Notes
3 References
4 External links

Iridium-192
Iridium-192 (symbol 192Ir) is a radioactive isotope of iridium, with a half-life of 73.83 days.[1] It decays by emitting beta () particles
and gamma () radiation. About 96% of 192Ir decays occur via emission of and radiation, leading to 192Pt. Some of the particles
are captured by other 192Ir nuclei, which are then converted to 192Os. Electron capture is responsible for the remaining 4% of 192Ir
decays.[2]
Iridium-192 is also a strong gamma ray emitter. There are seven principal energy packets produced during its disintegration process
ranging from just over 0.2 to about 0.6 MeV. Iridium-192 is commonly used as a gamma ray source in industrial radiography to locate
flaws in metal components.[3] It is also used in radiotherapy as a radiation source.
Iridium-192 has accounted for the majority of cases tracked by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission in which radioactive materials
have gone missing in quantities large enough to make a dirty bomb.[4]

Table

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nuclide Z(p) N(n) isotopic mass (u)

symbol
excitation energy
164

77

Ir

164m

270(110)# keV

Ir

165

77

Ir

165m

77

Ir

166m

77

Ir

167m

77

Ir

168m

77

Ir

169m

77

Ir

170m

77

Ir

171m

77

Ir

172m

77

Ir

173m

Ir

95 171.97046(11)#

280(100)# keV

Ir

173

94 170.97163(4)
180(30)# keV

Ir

172

93 169.97497(11)#
270(70)# keV

Ir

171

92 168.976295(28)

154(24) keV

Ir

170

91 167.97988(16)#
50(100)# keV

Ir

169

90 166.981665(20)

175.3(22) keV

Ir

168

89 165.98582(22)#

172(6) keV

Ir

167

88 164.98752(23)#

180(50)# keV

Ir

166

87 163.99220(44)#

96 172.967502(15)

253(27) keV

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half-life

decay
daughter
[5][n 1]
mode(s)
isotope(s)[n 2]

nuclear
spin

1# ms

2-#

94(27) s

9+#

<1# s

300(60) s

10.5(22) ms

15.1(9) ms

35.2(20) ms

30.0(6) ms

161(21) ms
125(40) ms

164

(rare)

161

p (87%)

164

(13%)

161

(93%)

162

p (7%)

165

(98.2%)

162

p (1.8%)

165

(48%)

163

p (32%)

166

+ (20%)

167

(80%)

163

+ (20%)

167

p (.4%)

166

164

Os
Re
Os
Re
Re
Os
Re
Os

Os

Os

(rare)

164

Os
Re

(72%)

165

Re

169

Os
Re

(28%)

169

+ (64%)
910(150) ms
[0.87(+18-12) s] (36%)

170

Os
Os

166

Re

440(60) ms

2.0(1) s

9.0(8) s

2.20(5) s

1/2+

11/2-

high
low
1/2+#

11/2-#

low#
high#

(58%)
+

(42%)

167

Re

171

Os

1.40(10) s
4.4(3) s

(9+)

Os

165

3.6(10) s
[3.2(+13-7) s]

(2-)

Re

168

11/2-

Os

780(360) ms
[0.64(+46-24) s] + (rare)
308(22) ms

1/2+#

Re

Re

representative
range of natural
isotopic
variation
composition
(mole fraction)
(mole fraction)

1/2+#
(11/2-)

+ (98%)

172

(2%)

168

+ (77%)

172

(23%)

168

+ (93%)

173

(7%)

169

+ (88%)

173

(12%)

169

Os
Re
Os
Re
Os
Re
Os
Re

(3+)

(7+)

(3/2+,5/2+)

(11/2-)

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174

77

Ir

174m

193(11) keV

Ir

175

Ir

176

Ir

97 173.966861(30)

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7.9(6) s

4.9(3) s

77

98 174.964113(21)

9(2) s

77

99 175.963649(22)

8.3(6) s

+ (99.5%)

174

(.5%)

170

+ (99.53%)

174

(.47%)

170

+ (99.15%)

175

(.85%)

171

+ (97.9%)

176

(2.1%)

172

177

Ir

178

Ir

Os
Re
Os
Re
Os
Re

(3+)

(7+)

(5/2-)

Os
Re

(99.94%)

177

(.06%)

173

12(2) s

178

179

(5/2)-

77

100 176.961302(21)

30(2) s

77

101 177.961082(21)

Os
Re

5/2-

Os

179

77

102 178.959122(12)

79(1) s

180

77

103 179.959229(23)

1.5(1) min

180

(4,5)(+#)

181

(5/2)(3+)

Ir
Ir

Os
Os

181

77

104 180.957625(28)

4.90(15) min

182

77

105 181.958076(23)

15(1) min

182

77

106 182.956846(27)

57(4) min

+ ( 99.95%)

183

183

(.05%)

179

77

107 183.95748(3)

3.09(3) h

184

Ir
Ir
Ir

184

Ir

184m1

225.65(11) keV

470(30) s

184m2

328.40(24) keV

350(90) ns

Ir
Ir

185

77

108 184.95670(3)

186

77

109 185.957946(18)

Ir
Ir

186m

0.8(4) keV

Ir

187

77

Ir

110 186.957363(7)

188m

970(30) keV

Ir

189

77

Ir

112 188.958719(14)

186

5+

186

IT (rare)

186

187

3/2+

IT

187

9/2-

1.92(5) h
10.5(3) h

13.2(1) d

EC

189

3/2+

IT

189

11/2-

113 189.9605460(18) 11.78(10) d

190m2

36.154(25) keV

>2 s

190m3

376.4(1) keV

3.087(12) h

77

Ir

114 190.9605940(18)
171.24(5) keV

4.94(3) s

191m2

2120(40) keV

5.5(7) s

Ir

Ir

17+#

Os
Os
Ir

190

4-

IT

190

(1-)

Os
Ir

(4)+
(11)[n 3]

3/2+

191

11/2-

Observationally Stable

191m1

Ir

Os

(25/2)+

1.120(3) h

Ir

11/2-

(rare)

26.1(1) keV

191

Ir

188

190m1

Ir

Os

2-

3.7(2) ms

Ir

Ir

188

2333.3(4) keV
77

Os

IT

4.2(2) ms

189m2

Ir

Os

188

13.3(3) ms

190

Os

41.5(5) h

372.18(4) keV

Ir

(7)+
+

189m1

Ir

3+

16.64(3) h

152(12) ns

111 187.958853(8)

5-

5/2-

433.81(9) keV
77

Os

5/2-

187m2

Ir

Re

14.4(1) h

30.3(6) ms

188

Os

185

186.15(4) keV

Ir

Os

187m1

Ir

Os

IT

Ir

0.373(2)

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192

77

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115 191.9626050(18) 73.827(13) d

192m1

56.720(5) keV

1.45(5) min

192m2

168.14(12) keV

241(9) a

Ir
Ir

193

77

Ir

193m

80.240(6) keV

Ir

194

116 192.9629264(18)

77

Ir

10.53(4) d

117 193.9650784(18) 19.28(13) h

31.85(24) ms

194m2

370(70) keV

171(11) d

195

77

Ir

195m
196

118 194.9659796(18) 2.5(2) h

100(5) keV

Ir
77

Ir

196m

210(40) keV

Ir

197

119 195.96840(4)

77

Ir

197m

120 196.969653(22)
115(5) keV

Ir

EC (4.76%)

192

Pt

1[n 4]

3/2+

IT

193

11/2-

194

1-

IT

194

(4+)

3.8(2) h
52(1) s
1.40(2) h
5.8(5) min
8.9(3) min

Ir
Pt
Ir

195

- (95%)

195

IT (5%)

195

196

(99.7%)

196

IT

196

197

(99.75%)

197

IT (.25%)

197

Pt
Pt
Ir
Pt
Pt
Ir
Pt
Pt
Ir

77

121 197.97228(21)#

8(1) s

198

199

77

122 198.97380(4)

20# s

199

Ir

0.627(2)

(10,11)(-#)

198

Ir

4+

Os

Observationally Stable

147.078(5) keV

Ir

192

(11-)

194m1

Ir

- (95.24%)

3/2+
11/2(0-)
(10,11-)
3/2+
11/2-

Pt
Pt

3/2+#

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 undergo decay to 187Re
4. ^ Believed to undergo decay to 189Re

Notes
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.

References
1. ^ "Radioisotope Brief: Iridium-192 (Ir-192)" (http://emergency.cdc.gov/radiation/isotopes/iridium.asp). Retrieved 20 March 2012.
2. ^ Braggerly, L.L. (1956). The radioactive decay of Iridium-192 (Pd.D. Thesis). Pasadena, CA: California Institute of Technology. pp. 1, 2,
7.
3. ^ Charles Hellier (2003). Handbook of Nondestructive Evaluation. McGraw-Hill. p. 6.20. ISBN 0-07-028121-1.
4. ^ Steve Coll (March 12, 2007). "The Unthinkable" (http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/03/12/070312fa_fact_coll?printable=true).
The New Yorker. Retrieved 2007-03-09.
5. ^ Added info from http://www.nucleonica.net/unc.aspx

Isotope masses from:

G. Audi, A. H. Wapstra, C. Thibault, J. Blachot and O. Bersillon (2003). "The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and decay
properties" (http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/amdc/nubase/Nubase2003.pdf). Nuclear Physics A 729: 3128.
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doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.nuclphysa.2003.11.001).
Isotopic compositions and standard atomic masses from:

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J. R. de Laeter, J. K. Bhlke, P. De Bivre, H. Hidaka, H. S. Peiser, K. J. R. Rosman and P. D. P. Taylor (2003). "Atomic
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Half-life, spin, and isomer data selected from the following sources. See editing notes on this article's talk page.
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properties" (http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/amdc/nubase/Nubase2003.pdf). Nuclear Physics A 729: 3128.
Bibcode:2003NuPhA.729....3A (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003NuPhA.729....3A).
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External links
NLM Hazardous Substances Databank Iridium, Radioactive (http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/sis/search
/r?dbs+hsdb:@term+@na+@rel+iridium,+radioactive) (referring to iridium-192)

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