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Isotopes of polonium

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There are 42 known isotopes of polonium (84Po), all radioactive, stretching from 186Po to 227Po. The isotopes 210 through 218 occur naturally in the four principal decay chains; of these, 210Po with a half-life of 138.376 days has the longest half-life and is, therefore, the most abundant by mass. It is also the most easily synthesized isotope, by neutron capture on natural bismuth, and so by far the most abundant artificial isotope as well.

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Two other isotopes have longer lives: 209Po with a half-life of 124 years and 208Po with a half-life of 2.898 years. Both are made by using a cyclotron to bombard bismuth with protons.[2]

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  1. mPo  Excited nuclear isomer.
  2. ()  Uncertainty (1σ) is given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits.
  3. #  Atomic mass marked #: value and uncertainty derived not from purely experimental data, but at least partly from trends from the Mass Surface (TMS).
  4. Bold italics symbol as daughter  Daughter product is nearly stable.
  5. Bold symbol as daughter  Daughter product is stable.
  6. () spin value  Indicates spin with weak assignment arguments.
  7. #  Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from trends of neighboring nuclides (TNN).
  8. Order of ground state and isomer is uncertain.
  9. Most common isotope
  10. Intermediate decay product of 238U
  11. Intermediate decay product of 235U
  12. Intermediate decay product of 232Th
  13. Intermediate decay product of 237Np
  14. Theoretically capable of ββ decay to 216Rn

Daughter products other than polonium

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