Naturally occurring vanadium (23V) is composed of one stable isotope 51V and one radioactive isotope 50V with a half-life of 2.71×1017 years. 24 artificial radioisotopes have been characterized (in the range of mass number between 40 and 65) with the most stable being 49V with a half-life of 330 days, and 48V with a half-life of 15.9735 days. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives shorter than an hour, the majority of them below 10 seconds, the least stable being 42V with a half-life shorter than 55 nanoseconds, with all of the isotopes lighter than it, and none of the heavier, have unknown half-lives. In 4 isotopes, metastable excited states were found (including 2 metastable states for 60V), which adds up to 5 meta states.
The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope 51V is electron capture. The next most common mode is beta decay. The primary decay products before 51V are element 22 (titanium) isotopes and the primary products after are element 24 (chromium) isotopes.
List of isotopes
Nuclide [n 1] |
Z | N | Isotopic mass (Da) [n 2][n 3] |
Half-life [n 4][n 5] |
Decay mode [n 6] |
Daughter isotope [n 7] |
Spin and parity [n 8][n 5] |
Natural abundance (mole fraction) | Note | ||||||||||
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Excitation energy[n 5] | Normal proportion | Range of variation | |||||||||||||||||
40V | 23 | 17 | 40.01109(54)# | p | 39Ti | 2−# | |||||||||||||
41V | 23 | 18 | 40.99978(22)# | p | 40Ti | 7/2−# | |||||||||||||
42V | 23 | 19 | 41.99123(21)# | <55 ns | p | 41Ti | 2−# | ||||||||||||
43V | 23 | 20 | 42.98065(25)# | 80# ms | β+ | 43Ti | 7/2−# | ||||||||||||
44V | 23 | 21 | 43.97411(13) | 111(7) ms | β+ (>99.9%) | 44Ti | (2+) | ||||||||||||
β+, α (<.1%) | 40Ca | ||||||||||||||||||
44mV | 270(100)# keV | 150(3) ms | β+ | 44Ti | (6+) | ||||||||||||||
45V | 23 | 22 | 44.965776(18) | 547(6) ms | β+ | 45Ti | 7/2− | ||||||||||||
46V | 23 | 23 | 45.9602005(11) | 422.50(11) ms | β+ | 46Ti | 0+ | ||||||||||||
46mV | 801.46(10) keV | 1.02(7) ms | IT | 46V | 3+ | ||||||||||||||
47V | 23 | 24 | 46.9549089(9) | 32.6(3) min | β+ | 47Ti | 3/2− | ||||||||||||
48V | 23 | 25 | 47.9522537(27) | 15.9735(25) d | β+ | 48Ti | 4+ | ||||||||||||
49V | 23 | 26 | 48.9485161(12) | 329(3) d | EC | 49Ti | 7/2− | ||||||||||||
50V[n 9] | 23 | 27 | 49.9471585(11) | 2.71(13)×1017 y | β+ | 50Ti | 6+ | 0.00250(4) | 0.002487–0.002502 | ||||||||||
β− (<3%[3]) | 50Cr | ||||||||||||||||||
51V | 23 | 28 | 50.9439595(11) | Stable | 7/2− | 0.99750(4) | 0.997498–0.997513 | See V-51 nuclear magnetic resonance | |||||||||||
52V | 23 | 29 | 51.9447755(11) | 3.743(5) min | β− | 52Cr | 3+ | ||||||||||||
53V | 23 | 30 | 52.944338(3) | 1.60(4) min | β− | 53Cr | 7/2− | ||||||||||||
54V | 23 | 31 | 53.946440(16) | 49.8(5) s | β− | 54Cr | 3+ | ||||||||||||
54mV | 108(3) keV | 900(500) ns | (5+) | ||||||||||||||||
55V | 23 | 32 | 54.94723(11) | 6.54(15) s | β− | 55Cr | (7/2−)# | ||||||||||||
56V | 23 | 33 | 55.95053(22) | 216(4) ms | β− (>99.9%) | 56Cr | (1+) | ||||||||||||
β−, n | 55Cr | ||||||||||||||||||
57V | 23 | 34 | 56.95256(25) | 0.35(1) s | β− (>99.9%) | 57Cr | (3/2−) | ||||||||||||
β−, n (<.1%) | 56Cr | ||||||||||||||||||
58V | 23 | 35 | 57.95683(27) | 191(8) ms | β− (>99.9%) | 58Cr | 3+# | ||||||||||||
β−, n (<.1%) | 57Cr | ||||||||||||||||||
59V | 23 | 36 | 58.96021(33) | 75(7) ms | β− (>99.9%) | 59Cr | 7/2−# | ||||||||||||
β−, n (<.1%) | 58Cr | ||||||||||||||||||
60V | 23 | 37 | 59.96503(51) | 122(18) ms | β− (>99.9%) | 60Cr | 3+# | ||||||||||||
β−, n (<.1%) | 59Cr | ||||||||||||||||||
60m1V | 0(150)# keV | 40(15) ms | 1+# | ||||||||||||||||
60m2V | 101(1) keV | >400 ns | |||||||||||||||||
61V | 23 | 38 | 60.96848(43)# | 47.0(12) ms | β− | 61Cr | 7/2−# | ||||||||||||
62V | 23 | 39 | 61.97378(54)# | 33.5(20) ms | β− | 62Cr | 3+# | ||||||||||||
63V | 23 | 40 | 62.97755(64)# | 17(3) ms | β− | 63Cr | (7/2−)# | ||||||||||||
64V | 23 | 41 | 63.98347(75)# | 10# ms [>300 ns] | |||||||||||||||
65V | 23 | 42 | 64.98792(86)# | 10# ms | 5/2−# | ||||||||||||||
66V[4] | 23 | 43 | 65.99324(54)# | 10# ms (>620 ns) |
β−?[n 10] | 66Cr | |||||||||||||
β−, n?[n 10] | 65Cr | ||||||||||||||||||
β−, 2n?[n 10] | 64Cr | ||||||||||||||||||
67V[5] | 23 | 44 | 66.99813(64)# | 8# ms (>620 ns) |
β−?[n 10] | 67Cr | 5/2−# | ||||||||||||
β−, n?[n 10] | 66Cr | ||||||||||||||||||
β−, 2n?[n 10] | 65Cr | ||||||||||||||||||
This table header & footer: |
- mV – Excited nuclear isomer.
- ( ) – Uncertainty (1σ) is given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits.
- # – Atomic mass marked #: value and uncertainty derived not from purely experimental data, but at least partly from trends from the Mass Surface (TMS).
- Bold half-life – nearly stable, half-life longer than age of universe.
- # – Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from trends of neighboring nuclides (TNN).
- Modes of decay:
EC: Electron capture IT: Isomeric transition p: Proton emission - Bold symbol as daughter – Daughter product is stable.
- ( ) spin value – Indicates spin with weak assignment arguments.
- Decay mode shown is energetically allowed, but has not been experimentally observed to occur in this nuclide.
References
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