Protactinium (Pa)
- Atomic Number: 91
- Symbol: Pa
- Isotopes:
- $^{212}$Pa: Half-life is 8.4 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{213}$Pa: Half-life is 5.3 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{214}$Pa: Half-life is 17 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{215}$Pa: Half-life is 36 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{216}$Pa: Half-life is 105 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{217}$Pa: Half-life is 3.5 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{218}$Pa: Half-life is 0.38 s, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{219}$Pa: Half-life is 1.04 s, decays via Alpha Decay and Positron Emission.
- $^{220}$Pa: Half-life is 0.78 s, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{221}$Pa: Half-life is 1.15 s, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{222}$Pa: Half-life is 3.2 s, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{223}$Pa: Half-life is 5.1 s, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{224}$Pa: Half-life is 8.8 s, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{225}$Pa: Half-life is 1.7 s, decays via Alpha Decay, Positron Emission, and Electron Capture.
- $^{226}$Pa: Half-life is 1.5 min, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{227}$Pa: Half-life is 38.3 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{228}$Pa: Half-life is 22 h, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{229}$Pa: Half-life is 1.5 d, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{230}$Pa: Half-life is 17.4 d, decays via Beta Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{231}$Pa: Half-life is 3.276 x 10⁴ y, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{232}$Pa: Half-life is 1.31 d, decays via Beta Decay.
- $^{233}$Pa: Half-life is 27 d, decays via Beta Decay.
- $^{234}$Pa: Half-life is 6.7 h, decays via Beta Decay.
- $^{235}$Pa: Half-life is 24.4 min, decays via Beta Decay and Neutron Emission.
- $^{236}$Pa: Half-life is 9.1 min, decays via Beta Decay and Neutron Emission.
- $^{237}$Pa: Half-life is 45 s, decays via Beta Decay and Neutron Emission.
- $^{238}$Pa: Half-life is 2.3 min, decays via Beta Decay and Neutron Emission.
Uranium (U)
- Atomic Number: 92
- Symbol: U
- Isotopes:
- $^{217}$U: Half-life is 2.5 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{218}$U: Half-life is 0.5 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{219}$U: Half-life is 0.5 μs, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{220}$U: Half-life is 60 μs, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{221}$U: Half-life is 0.8 μs, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{222}$U: Half-life is 0.9 μs, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{223}$U: Half-life is 21 μs, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{224}$U: Half-life is 0.94 s, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{225}$U: Half-life is 60 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{226}$U: Half-life is 240 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{227}$U: Half-life is 1.1 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{228}$U: Half-life is 9.1 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{229}$U: Half-life is 58 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{230}$U: Half-life is 20.8 d, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{231}$U: Half-life is 4.2 d, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{232}$U: Half-life is 68.9 y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{233}$U: Half-life is 1.592 x 10⁵ y, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{234}$U: Half-life is 2.455 x 10⁵ y, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{235}$U: Half-life is 7.038 x 10⁸ y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{236}$U: Half-life is 2.342 x 10⁷ y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{237}$U: Half-life is 6.75 d, decays via Beta Decay.
- $^{238}$U: Half-life is 4.468 x 10⁹ y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{239}$U: Half-life is 23.45 min, decays via Beta Decay.
- $^{240}$U: Half-life is 14.1 h, decays via Beta Decay.
Neptunium (Np)
- Atomic Number: 93
- Symbol: Np
- Isotopes:
- $^{225}$Np: Half-life is 2.7 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{226}$Np: Half-life is 35 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{227}$Np: Half-life is 0.51 s, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{228}$Np: Half-life is 61.4 s, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{229}$Np: Half-life is 4.0 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{230}$Np: Half-life is 4.6 min, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{231}$Np: Half-life is 48.2 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{232}$Np: Half-life is 14.7 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{233}$Np: Half-life is 36.5 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{234}$Np: Half-life is 4.4 d, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{235}$Np: Half-life is 396.1 d, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{236}$Np: Half-life is 1.54 x 10⁵ y, decays via Electron Capture and Beta Decay.
- $^{237}$Np: Half-life is 2.144 x 10⁶ y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{238}$Np: Half-life is 2.117 d, decays via Beta Decay.
- $^{239}$Np: Half-life is 2.356 d, decays via Beta Decay.
- $^{240}$Np: Half-life is 62 min, decays via Beta Decay.
- $^{241}$Np: Half-life is 13.9 min, decays via Beta Decay.
- $^{242}$Np: Half-life is 5.5 min, decays via Beta Decay.
- $^{243}$Np: Half-life is 1.85 min, decays via Beta Decay.
Plutonium (Pu)
- Atomic Number: 94
- Symbol: Pu
- Isotopes:
- $^{228}$Pu: Half-life is 1.1 s, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{229}$Pu: Half-life is 110 s, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{230}$Pu: Half-life is 2 min, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{231}$Pu: Half-life is 8.6 min, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{232}$Pu: Half-life is 33.7 min, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{233}$Pu: Half-life is 20.9 min, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{234}$Pu: Half-life is 26.8 min, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{235}$Pu: Half-life is 25 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{236}$Pu: Half-life is 2.858 y, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{237}$Pu: Half-life is 45.2 d, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{238}$Pu: Half-life is 87.7 y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{239}$Pu: Half-life is 2.41 x 10⁴ y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{240}$Pu: Half-life is 6561 y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{241}$Pu: Half-life is 14.32 y, decays via Beta Decay and Alpha Decay.
- $^{242}$Pu: Half-life is 3.75 x 10⁵ y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{243}$Pu: Half-life is 4.96 h, decays via Beta Decay.
- $^{244}$Pu: Half-life is 8.08 x 10⁷ y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
Americium (Am)
- Atomic Number: 95
- Symbol: Am
- Isotopes:
- $^{230}$Am: Half-life is 2.5 min, decays via Positron Emission and Electron Capture.
- $^{231}$Am: Half-life is 3.0 min, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{232}$Am: Half-life is 1.5 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{233}$Am: Half-life is 3.2 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{234}$Am: Half-life is 2.3 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{235}$Am: Half-life is 9.9 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{236}$Am: Half-life is 3.6 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{237}$Am: Half-life is 1.22 h, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{238}$Am: Half-life is 98 min, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{239}$Am: Half-life is 11.9 h, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{240}$Am: Half-life is 50.9 h, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{241}$Am: Half-life is 432.2 y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{242}$Am: Half-life is 16.02 h, decays via Beta Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{243}$Am: Half-life is 7370 y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{244}$Am: Half-life is 10.1 h, decays via Beta Decay.
Curium (Cm)
- Atomic Number: 96
- Symbol: Cm
- Isotopes:
- $^{233}$Cm: Half-life is 2.5 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{234}$Cm: Half-life is 32.5 s, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{235}$Cm: Half-life is 10.5 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{236}$Cm: Half-life is 3.0 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{237}$Cm: Half-life is 24 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{238}$Cm: Half-life is 2.4 h, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{239}$Cm: Half-life is 2.2 h, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{240}$Cm: Half-life is 27 d, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{241}$Cm: Half-life is 32.8 d, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{242}$Cm: Half-life is 162.8 d, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{243}$Cm: Half-life is 28.5 y, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{244}$Cm: Half-life is 18.1 y, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{245}$Cm: Half-life is 8.5 x 10³ y, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{246}$Cm: Half-life is 4.76 x 10³ y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{247}$Cm: Half-life is 1.56 x 10⁷ y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{248}$Cm: Half-life is 3.48 x 10⁵ y, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
Berkelium (Bk)
- Atomic Number: 97
- Symbol: Bk
- Isotopes:
- $^{235}$Bk: Half-life is 13.5 s, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{236}$Bk: Half-life is 2.5 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{237}$Bk: Half-life is 1.2 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{238}$Bk: Half-life is 2.3 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{239}$Bk: Half-life is 2.8 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{240}$Bk: Half-life is 4.9 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{241}$Bk: Half-life is 4.6 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{242}$Bk: Half-life is 7.0 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{243}$Bk: Half-life is 4.5 h, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{244}$Bk: Half-life is 4.4 h, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{245}$Bk: Half-life is 4.94 d, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{246}$Bk: Half-life is 1.8 d, decays via Electron Capture and Beta Decay.
- $^{247}$Bk: Half-life is 1.38 x 10³ y, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{248}$Bk: Half-life is 9 y, decays via Beta Decay and Alpha Decay.
- $^{249}$Bk: Half-life is 330 d, decays via Beta Decay.
Californium (Cf)
- Atomic Number: 98
- Symbol: Cf
- Isotopes:
- $^{237}$Cf: Half-life is 2.1 s, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{238}$Cf: Half-life is 21.1 ms, decays via Spontaneous Fission and Alpha Decay.
- $^{239}$Cf: Half-life is 30 s, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{240}$Cf: Half-life is 1.06 min, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{241}$Cf: Half-life is 3.78 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{242}$Cf: Half-life is 3.4 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{243}$Cf: Half-life is 10.7 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{244}$Cf: Half-life is 19.4 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{245}$Cf: Half-life is 45 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{246}$Cf: Half-life is 35.7 h, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{247}$Cf: Half-life is 3.11 h, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{248}$Cf: Half-life is 333.5 d, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{249}$Cf: Half-life is 351 y, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{250}$Cf: Half-life is 13.08 y, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{251}$Cf: Half-life is 898 y, decays via Alpha Decay.
Einsteinium (Es)
- Atomic Number: 99
- Symbol: Es
- Isotopes:
- $^{240}$Es: Half-life is 4 s, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{241}$Es: Half-life is 10 s, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{242}$Es: Half-life is 13 s, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{243}$Es: Half-life is 20 s, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{244}$Es: Half-life is 37 s, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{245}$Es: Half-life is 1.1 min, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{246}$Es: Half-life is 7.7 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{247}$Es: Half-life is 4.55 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{248}$Es: Half-life is 27 min, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{249}$Es: Half-life is 1.7 h, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{250}$Es: Half-life is 8.6 h, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{251}$Es: Half-life is 33 h, decays via Electron Capture.
- $^{252}$Es: Half-life is 471.7 d, decays via Beta Decay, Electron Capture, and Alpha Decay.
- $^{253}$Es: Half-life is 20.47 d, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{254}$Es: Half-life is 276 d, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
Fermium (Fm)
- Atomic Number: 100
- Symbol: Fm
- Isotopes:
- $^{242}$Fm: Half-life is 0.8 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{243}$Fm: Half-life is 0.23 s, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{244}$Fm: Half-life is 3.3 ms, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{245}$Fm: Half-life is 4.2 s, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{246}$Fm: Half-life is 1.2 s, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{247}$Fm: Half-life is 31 s, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{248}$Fm: Half-life is 0.6 min, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{249}$Fm: Half-life is 2.6 min, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{250}$Fm: Half-life is 4.6 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{251}$Fm: Half-life is 5.3 min, decays via Alpha Decay and Electron Capture.
- $^{252}$Fm: Half-life is 25.39 h, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{253}$Fm: Half-life is 3.0 d, decays via Electron Capture and Alpha Decay.
- $^{254}$Fm: Half-life is 3.24 h, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{255}$Fm: Half-life is 20.1 h, decays via Alpha Decay.
- $^{256}$Fm: Half-life is 2.63 h, decays via Spontaneous Fission and Alpha Decay.
- $^{257}$Fm: Half-life is 100.5 d, decays via Alpha Decay and Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{258}$Fm: Half-life is 370 μs, decays via Spontaneous Fission.
- $^{259}$Fm: Half-life is 1.5 s, decays via Spontaneous Fission and Beta Decay.
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