Naturally occurring Cadmium (Cd) is composed of 8 isotopes. For two of them, natural radioactivity was observed, and three others are predicted to be radioactive but their decays were never observed, due to extremely long half-life times. The two natural radioactive isotopes are 113Cd (beta decay, half-life is 7.7 × 1015 years) and 116Cd (two-neutrino double beta decay, half-life is 2.9 × 1019 years). The other three are 106Cd, 108Cd (double electron capture), and 114Cd (double beta decay); only lower limits on their half-life times have been set. At least three isotopes - 110Cd, 111Cd, and 112Cd - are absolutely stable. Among the isotopes absent in the natural cadmium, the most long-lived are 109Cd with a half-life of 462.6 days, and 115Cd with a half-life of 53.46 hours. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than 2.5 hours and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than 5 minutes. This element also has 8 known meta states with the most stable being 113mCd (t½ 14.1 years), 115mCd (t½ 44.6 days) and 117mCd (t½ 3.36 hours).
Additional recommended knowledge
The known isotopes of cadmium range in atomic mass from 94.950 u (95Cd) to 131.946 u (132Cd). The primary decay mode before the second most abundant stable isotope, 112Cd, is electron capture and the primary modes after are beta emission and electron capture. The primary decay product before 112Cd is element 47 (silver) and the primary product after is element 49 (indium).
Standard atomic mass: 112.411(8) u
Table
nuclide symbol
| Z(p)
| N(n)
| isotopic mass (u)
| half-life
| nuclear spin
| representative isotopic composition (mole fraction)
| range of natural variation (mole fraction)
|
excitation energy
|
95Cd
| 48
| 47
| 94.94987(64)#
| 5# ms
| 9/2+#
|
|
|
96Cd
| 48
| 48
| 95.93977(54)#
| 1# s
| 0+
|
|
|
97Cd
| 48
| 49
| 96.93494(43)#
| 2.8(6) s
| 9/2+#
|
|
|
98Cd
| 48
| 50
| 97.92740(8)
| 9.2(3) s
| 0+
|
|
|
98mCd
| 2427.5(6) keV
| 190(20) ns
| 8+#
|
|
|
99Cd
| 48
| 51
| 98.92501(22)#
| 16(3) s
| (5/2+)
|
|
|
100Cd
| 48
| 52
| 99.92029(10)
| 49.1(5) s
| 0+
|
|
|
101Cd
| 48
| 53
| 100.91868(16)
| 1.36(5) min
| (5/2+)
|
|
|
102Cd
| 48
| 54
| 101.91446(3)
| 5.5(5) min
| 0+
|
|
|
103Cd
| 48
| 55
| 102.913419(17)
| 7.3(1) min
| 5/2+
|
|
|
104Cd
| 48
| 56
| 103.909849(10)
| 57.7(10) min
| 0+
|
|
|
105Cd
| 48
| 57
| 104.909468(12)
| 55.5(4) min
| 5/2+
|
|
|
106Cd
| 48
| 58
| 105.906459(6)
| STABLE [>410E+18 a]
| 0+
| 0.0125(6)
|
|
107Cd
| 48
| 59
| 106.906618(6)
| 6.50(2) h
| 5/2+
|
|
|
108Cd
| 48
| 60
| 107.904184(6)
| STABLE [>410E+15 a]
| 0+
| 0.0089(3)
|
|
109Cd
| 48
| 61
| 108.904982(4)
| 461.4(12) d
| 5/2+
|
|
|
109m1Cd
| 59.6(4) keV
| 12(2) µs
| 1/2+
|
|
|
109m2Cd
| 463.0(5) keV
| 10.9(5) µs
| 11/2-
|
|
|
110Cd
| 48
| 62
| 109.9030021(29)
| STABLE
| 0+
| 0.1249(18)
|
|
111Cd
| 48
| 63
| 110.9041781(29)
| STABLE
| 1/2+
| 0.1280(12)
|
|
111mCd
| 396.214(21) keV
| 48.50(9) min
| 11/2-
|
|
|
112Cd
| 48
| 64
| 111.9027578(29)
| STABLE
| 0+
| 0.2413(21)
|
|
113Cd
| 48
| 65
| 112.9044017(29)
| 7.7(3)E+15 a
| 1/2+
| 0.1222(12)
|
|
113mCd
| 263.54(3) keV
| 14.1(5) a
| 11/2-
|
|
|
114Cd
| 48
| 66
| 113.9033585(29)
| STABLE [>6.4E+18 a]
| 0+
| 0.2873(42)
|
|
115Cd
| 48
| 67
| 114.9054310(29)
| 53.46(5) h
| 1/2+
|
|
|
115mCd
| 181.0(5) keV
| 44.56(24) d
| (11/2)-
|
|
|
116Cd
| 48
| 68
| 115.904756(3)
| 3.1(4)E+19 a
| 0+
| 0.0749(18)
|
|
117Cd
| 48
| 69
| 116.907219(4)
| 2.49(4) h
| 1/2+
|
|
|
117mCd
| 136.4(2) keV
| 3.36(5) h
| (11/2)-
|
|
|
118Cd
| 48
| 70
| 117.906915(22)
| 50.3(2) min
| 0+
|
|
|
119Cd
| 48
| 71
| 118.90992(9)
| 2.69(2) min
| (3/2+)
|
|
|
119mCd
| 146.54(11) keV
| 2.20(2) min
| (11/2-)#
|
|
|
120Cd
| 48
| 72
| 119.90985(2)
| 50.80(21) s
| 0+
|
|
|
121Cd
| 48
| 73
| 120.91298(9)
| 13.5(3) s
| (3/2+)
|
|
|
121mCd
| 214.86(15) keV
| 8.3(8) s
| (11/2-)
|
|
|
122Cd
| 48
| 74
| 121.91333(5)
| 5.24(3) s
| 0+
|
|
|
123Cd
| 48
| 75
| 122.91700(4)
| 2.10(2) s
| (3/2)+
|
|
|
123mCd
| 316.52(23) keV
| 1.82(3) s
| (11/2-)
|
|
|
124Cd
| 48
| 76
| 123.91765(7)
| 1.25(2) s
| 0+
|
|
|
125Cd
| 48
| 77
| 124.92125(7)
| 0.65(2) s
| (3/2+)#
|
|
|
125mCd
| 50(70) keV
| 570(90) ms
| 11/2-#
|
|
|
126Cd
| 48
| 78
| 125.92235(6)
| 0.515(17) s
| 0+
|
|
|
127Cd
| 48
| 79
| 126.92644(8)
| 0.37(7) s
| (3/2+)
|
|
|
128Cd
| 48
| 80
| 127.92776(32)
| 0.28(4) s
| 0+
|
|
|
129Cd
| 48
| 81
| 128.93215(32)#
| 242(8) ms
| 3/2+#
|
|
|
129mCd
| 0(200)# keV
| 104(6) ms
| 11/2-#
|
|
|
130Cd
| 48
| 82
| 129.9339(3)
| 162(7) ms
| 0+
|
|
|
131Cd
| 48
| 83
| 130.94067(32)#
| 68(3) ms
| 7/2-#
|
|
|
132Cd
| 48
| 84
| 131.94555(54)#
| 97(10) ms
| 0+
|
|
|
Notes
- The precision of the isotope abundances and atomic mass is limited through variations. The given ranges should be applicable to any normal terrestrial material.
- Geologically exceptional samples are known in which the isotopic composition lies outside the reported range. The uncertainty in the atomic mass may exceed the stated value for such specimens.
- Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from systematic trends. Spins with weak assignment arguments are enclosed in parentheses.
- Uncertainties are given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits. Uncertainty values denote one standard deviation, except isotopic composition and standard atomic mass from IUPAC which use expanded uncertainties.
References
- Isotope masses from Ame2003 Atomic Mass Evaluation by G. Audi, A.H. Wapstra, C. Thibault, J. Blachot and O. Bersillon in Nuclear Physics A729 (2003).
- Isotopic compositions and standard atomic masses from Atomic weights of the elements. Review 2000 (IUPAC Technical Report). Pure Appl. Chem. Vol. 75, No. 6, pp. 683-800, (2003) and Atomic Weights Revised (2005).
- Half-life, spin, and isomer data selected from these sources. Editing notes on this article's talk page.
- Audi, Bersillon, Blachot, Wapstra. The Nubase2003 evaluation of nuclear and decay properties, Nuc. Phys. A 729, pp. 3-128 (2003).
- National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory. Information extracted from the NuDat 2.1 database (retrieved Sept. 2005).
- David R. Lide (ed.), Norman E. Holden in CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 85th Edition, online version. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida (2005). Section 11, Table of the Isotopes.
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