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Tungsten-180

Main isotopes of tungsten
Iso­tope Decay
abun­dance half-life mode energy (MeV) pro­duct
180W 0.12% 1.8×1018 y α 2.516 176Hf
181W syn 121.2 d ε 0.188 181Ta
182W 26.50% is stable with 108 neutrons
183W 14.31% is stable with 109 neutrons
184W 30.64% is stable with 110 neutrons
185W syn 75.1 d β 0.433 185Re
186W 28.43% is stable with 112 neutrons
Standard atomic weight (Ar)
  • 183.84(1)

Naturally occurring tungsten (74W) consists of five isotopes. Four are considered stable (182W, 183W, 184W, and 186W) and one is slightly radioactive, 180W, with an extremely long half-life of 1.8 ± 0.2 Ea (1018 years). On average, two alpha decays of 180W occur per gram of natural tungsten per year so for most practical purposes tungsten can be considered stable. Theoretically, all five can decay into isotopes of element 72 (hafnium) by alpha emission, but only 180W has been observed to do so. The other naturally occurring isotopes have not been observed to decay, and lower bounds for their half lives have been established:

Thirty-three artificial radioisotopes of tungsten have been characterized with mass numbers ranging from 157 to 194, the most stable of which are 181W with a half-life of 121.2 days, 185W with a half-life of 75.1 days, 188W with a half-life of 69.4 days and 178W with a half-life of 21.6 days. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives of less than 24 hours, and most of these have half-lives that are less than 8 minutes. Tungsten also has 11 meta states with mass numbers of 158, 179, with 3, 180, with 2, 183, 185, 186, with 2, and 190, the most stable being 179m1W (t1/2 6.4 minutes).



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