Samarium-147

Samarium-147
General
Symbol147Sm
NamesSamarium-147
Protons (Z)62
Neutrons (N)85
Nuclide data
Natural abundance15.00%
Half-life (t1/2)1.07×1011 years
Isotope mass146.9148979(26) Da
Spin7/2−
Parent isotopes147Pm (β)
151Gd (α)
Decay products143Nd
Decay modes
Decay modeDecay energy (MeV)
α2.3113[1]
Isotopes of samarium
Complete table of nuclides

Samarium-147 (147Sm or Sm-147) is an isotope of samarium, making up 15% of natural samarium. It is an extremely long-lived radioisotope, with a half-life of 1.07×1011 years, and an alpha emitter, the only significant one outside the heavy decay chains from thorium and uranium.

  1. ^ Wang, Meng; Huang, W.J.; Kondev, F.G.; Audi, G.; Naimi, S. (2021). "The AME 2020 atomic mass evaluation (II). Tables, graphs and references". Chinese Physics C. 45 (3): 030003. doi:10.1088/1674-1137/abddaf.

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