Isotopes of neon

Neon (₁₀Ne) naturally occurs as three stable isotopes: , , and . Their stated natural abundances are those measured in air.

In addition, 17 artificial radioisotopes have been discovered, ranging from to , all short-lived: the most stable is with a half-life of 3.38 minutes. All others are under a minute, and most under a second. The isotopes lighter than the stable ones usually decay to fluorine or oxygen, while heavier ones decay to sodium.

List of isotopes

|-id=Neon-15 | | style="text-align:right" | 10 | style="text-align:right" | 5 | | <br/>[] | 2p | | (3/2−) | | |-id=Neon-16 | | style="text-align:right" | 10 | style="text-align:right" | 6 | | > <br/>[< ] | 2p | | 0+ | | |-id=Neon-17 | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4 style="text-align:right" | 10 | rowspan=4 style="text-align:right" | 7 | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| | β⁺p () | | rowspan=4|1/2− | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| |- | β⁺α () | |- | β⁺ () | |- | β⁺pα () | |-id=Neon-18 | | style="text-align:right" | 10 | style="text-align:right" | 8 | | | β⁺ | | 0+ | | |-id=Neon-19 | | style="text-align:right" | 10 | style="text-align:right" | 9 | | | β⁺ | | 1/2+ | | |-id=Neon-20 | | style="text-align:right" | 10 | style="text-align:right" | 10 | | colspan=3 align=center|Stable | 0+ | 0.9048(3) | [, ] |-id=Neon-21 | | style="text-align:right" | 10 | style="text-align:right" | 11 | | colspan=3 align=center|Stable | 3/2+ | | [, ] |-id=Neon-22 | | style="text-align:right" | 10 | style="text-align:right" | 12 | | colspan=3 align=center|Stable | 0+ | | [, ] |-id=Neon-23 | | style="text-align:right" | 10 | style="text-align:right" | 13 | | | β^− | | 5/2+ | | |-id=Neon-24 | | style="text-align:right" | 10 | style="text-align:right" | 14 | | | β^− | | 0+ | | |-id=Neon-25 | | style="text-align:right" | 10 | style="text-align:right" | 15 | | | β^− | | 1/2+ | | |-id=Neon-26 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 10 | rowspan=2 style="text-align:right" | 16 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | β^− () | | rowspan=2|0+ | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |- | β^−n () | |-id=Neon-27 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 10 | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 17 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| | β^− () | | rowspan=3|(3/2+) | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| |- | β^−n () | |- | β^−2n ? | ? |-id=Neon-28 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 10 | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 18 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| | β^− () | | rowspan=3|0+ | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| |- | β^−n () | |- | β^−2n () | |-id=Neon-29 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 10 | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 19 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| | β^− () | | rowspan=3|(3/2−) | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| |- | β^−n () | |- | β^−2n () | |-id=Neon-30 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 10 | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 20 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| | β^− () | | rowspan=3|0+ | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| |- | β^−n () | |- | β^−2n () | |-id=Neon-31 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 10 | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 21 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| | β^− | | rowspan=3|(3/2−) | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| |- | β^−n ? | ? |- | β^−2n ? | ? |-id=Neon-32 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 10 | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 22 | rowspan=3|# | rowspan=3| | β^− | | rowspan=3|0+ | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| |- | β^−n ? | ? |- | β^−2n ? | ? |-id=Neon-34 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 10 | rowspan=3 style="text-align:right" | 24 | rowspan=3|# | rowspan=3|# [> ] | β^− ? | | rowspan=3|0+ | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| |- | β^−2n ? | ? |- | β^−n ? | ? |-

See also

Daughter products other than neon

• Isotopes of sodium
• Isotopes of fluorine
• Isotopes of oxygen
• Isotopes of nitrogen
• Isotopes of carbon

References