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Sodium-24

Main isotopes of sodium
Iso­tope Decay
abun­dance half-life mode energy (MeV) pro­duct
22Na trace 2.602 y β+γ 0.5454 22Ne*
1.27453(2) 22Ne
ε→γ 22Ne*
1.27453(2) 22Ne
β+ 1.8200 22Ne
23Na 100% is stable with 12 neutrons
24Na trace 14.96 h β 5.5155 24Mg
Standard atomic weight (Ar)
  • 22.98976928(2)

There are twenty recognized isotopes of sodium (11Na), ranging from 18
Na
to 37
Na
and two isomers (22m
Na
and 24m
Na
). 23
Na
is the only stable (and the only primordial) isotope. As such, it is considered a monoisotopic element and it has a standard atomic weight of 22.98976928(2). Sodium has two radioactive cosmogenic isotopes (22
Na
, half-life = 2.605 years; and 24
Na
, half-life ≈ 15 hours). With the exception of those two, all other isotopes have half-lives under a minute, most under a second. The shortest-lived is 18
Na
, with a half-life of 1.3(4)×10−21 seconds.

Acute neutron radiation exposure (e.g., from a nuclear criticality accident) converts some of the stable 23
Na
in human blood plasma to 24
Na
. By measuring the concentration of this isotope, the neutron radiation dosage to the victim can be computed.


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