Isotopes of titanium

Isotopes of titanium (22Ti)
Main isotopes[1] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
44Ti synth 59.1 y ε 44Sc
45Ti synth 3.08 h β+ 45Sc
46Ti 8.25% stable
47Ti 7.44% stable
48Ti 73.7% stable
49Ti 5.41% stable
50Ti 5.18% stable
Standard atomic weight Ar°(Ti)

Naturally occurring titanium (22Ti) is composed of five stable isotopes; 46Ti, 47Ti, 48Ti, 49Ti and 50Ti with 48Ti being the most abundant (73.8% natural abundance). Twenty-one radioisotopes have been characterized, with the most stable being 44Ti with a half-life of 59.1 years, 45Ti with a half-life of 184.8 minutes, 51Ti with a half-life of 5.76 minutes, and 52Ti with a half-life of 1.7 minutes. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than 33 seconds, and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than half a second.

The isotopes of titanium range from 39Ti to 64Ti. The primary decay mode for isotopes lighter than the stable isotopes is β+ and the primary mode for the heavier ones is β; the decay products are respectively scandium isotopes and vanadium isotopes.

There are two odd stable isotopes of titanium (47Ti and 49Ti), which thus have non-zero nuclear spin of 5/2− and 7/2− (respectively) and are NMR-active.[4]

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