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Nuclides with atomic number of 17 but with different mass numbers
Chlorine
(
17
Cl) has 25 isotopes, ranging from
28
Cl to
52
Cl, and two
isomers
,
34m
Cl and
38m
Cl. There are two stable
isotopes
,
35
Cl (75.8%) and
37
Cl (24.2%), giving chlorine a
standard atomic weight
of 35.45. The longest-lived radioactive isotope is
36
Cl, which has a half-life of 301,000 years. All other isotopes have half-lives under 1 hour, many less than one second. The shortest-lived are
proton-unbound
29
Cl and
30
Cl, with half-lives less than 10 picoseconds and 30 nanoseconds, respectively; the half-life of
28
Cl is unknown.
List of isotopes
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edit
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Nuclide
[4]
[n 1]
|
Z
|
N
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Isotopic mass
(
Da
)
[5]
[n 2]
[n 3]
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Half-life
[n 4]
|
Decay
mode
[n 5]
|
Daughter
isotope
[n 6]
|
Spin
and
parity
[n 7]
[n 4]
|
Natural abundance
(mole fraction)
|
Excitation energy
|
Normal proportion
|
Range of variation
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28
Cl
[6]
|
17
|
11
|
28.02954(64)#
|
|
p
|
27
S
|
1+#
|
|
|
29
Cl
[6]
|
17
|
12
|
29.01413(20)
|
<10 ps
|
p
|
28
S
|
(1/2+)
|
|
|
30
Cl
[6]
|
17
|
13
|
30.00477(21)#
|
<30 ns
|
p
|
29
S
|
3+#
|
|
|
31
Cl
|
17
|
14
|
30.992448(4)
|
190(1) ms
|
β
+
(97.6%)
|
31
S
|
3/2+
|
|
|
β
+
, p (2.4%)
|
30
P
|
32
Cl
|
17
|
15
|
31.9856846(6)
|
298(1) ms
|
β
+
(99.92%)
|
32
S
|
1+
|
|
|
β
+
,
α
(.054%)
|
28
Si
|
β
+
, p (.026%)
|
31
P
|
33
Cl
|
17
|
16
|
32.9774520(4)
|
2.5038(22) s
|
β
+
|
33
S
|
3/2+
|
|
|
34
Cl
|
17
|
17
|
33.97376249(5)
|
1.5266(4) s
|
β
+
|
34
S
|
0+
|
|
|
34m
Cl
|
146.360(27) keV
|
31.99(3) min
|
β
+
(55.4%)
|
34
S
|
3+
|
|
|
IT
(44.6%)
|
34
Cl
|
35
Cl
|
17
|
18
|
34.96885269(4)
|
Stable
|
3/2+
|
0.7576(10)
|
0.75644?0.75923
|
36
Cl
[n 8]
|
17
|
19
|
35.96830682(4)
|
3.013(15)×10
5
y
|
β
?
(98.1%)
|
36
Ar
|
2+
|
Trace
[n 9]
|
approx. 7×10
?13
|
β
+
(1.9%)
|
36
S
|
37
Cl
|
17
|
20
|
36.96590258(6)
|
Stable
|
3/2+
|
0.2424(10)
|
0.24077?0.24356
|
38
Cl
|
17
|
21
|
37.96801042(11)
|
37.24(5) min
|
β
?
|
38
Ar
|
2?
|
|
|
38m
Cl
|
671.365(8) keV
|
715(3) ms
|
IT
|
38
Cl
|
5?
|
|
|
39
Cl
|
17
|
22
|
38.9680082(19)
|
56.2(6) min
|
β
?
|
39
Ar
|
3/2+
|
|
|
40
Cl
|
17
|
23
|
39.97042(3)
|
1.35(2) min
|
β
?
|
40
Ar
|
2?
|
|
|
41
Cl
|
17
|
24
|
40.97068(7)
|
38.4(8) s
|
β
?
|
41
Ar
|
(1/2+,3/2+)
|
|
|
42
Cl
|
17
|
25
|
41.97334(6)
|
6.8(3) s
|
β
?
|
42
Ar
|
|
|
|
43
Cl
|
17
|
26
|
42.97406(7)
|
3.13(9) s
|
β
?
(>99.9%)
|
43
Ar
|
(3/2+)
|
|
|
β
?
,
n
(<.1%)
|
42
Ar
|
44
Cl
|
17
|
27
|
43.97812(15)
|
0.56(11) s
|
β
?
(92%)
|
44
Ar
|
(2-)
|
|
|
β
?
, n (8%)
|
43
Ar
|
45
Cl
|
17
|
28
|
44.98039(15)
|
513(36) ms
[7]
|
β
?
(76%)
|
45
Ar
|
(3/2+)
|
|
|
β
?
, n (24%)
|
44
Ar
|
46
Cl
|
17
|
29
|
45.98512(22)
|
232(2) ms
|
β
?
, n (60%)
|
45
Ar
|
2-#
|
|
|
β
?
(40%)
|
46
Ar
|
47
Cl
|
17
|
30
|
46.98950(43)#
|
101(6) ms
|
β
?
(97%)
|
47
Ar
|
3/2+#
|
|
|
β
?
, n (3%)
|
46
Ar
|
48
Cl
|
17
|
31
|
47.99541(54)#
|
100# ms [>200 ns]
|
β
?
|
48
Ar
|
|
|
|
49
Cl
|
17
|
32
|
49.00101(64)#
|
50# ms [>200 ns]
|
β
?
|
49
Ar
|
3/2+#
|
|
|
50
Cl
|
17
|
33
|
50.00831(64)#
|
20# ms
|
β
?
|
50
Ar
|
|
|
|
51
Cl
|
17
|
34
|
51.01534(75)#
|
2# ms [>200 ns]
|
β
?
|
51
Ar
|
3/2+#
|
|
|
52
Cl
[8]
|
17
|
35
|
|
|
β
?
|
52
Ar
|
|
|
|
This table header & footer:
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- ^
m
Cl – Excited
nuclear isomer
.
- ^
( ) – Uncertainty (1
σ
) 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).
- ^
a
b
# – Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from trends of neighboring nuclides (TNN).
- ^
Modes of decay:
- ^
Bold symbol
as daughter – Daughter product is stable.
- ^
( ) spin value – Indicates spin with weak assignment arguments.
- ^
Used in
radiodating
water
- ^
Cosmogenic nuclide
Chlorine-36
[
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]
Trace amounts of
radioactive
36
Cl exist in the environment, in a ratio of about 7×10
?13
to 1 with stable isotopes.
36
Cl is produced in the atmosphere by
spallation
of
36
Ar
by interactions with
cosmic ray
protons
. In the subsurface environment,
36
Cl is generated primarily as a result of
neutron capture
by
35
Cl or
muon capture
by
40
Ca
.
36
Cl decays to either
36
S
(1.9%) or to
36
Ar
(98.1%), with a combined
half-life
of 308,000 years. The half-life of this
hydrophilic
nonreactive isotope makes it suitable for
geologic dating
in the range of 60,000 to 1 million years. Additionally, large amounts of
36
Cl were produced by neutron irradiation of
seawater
during atmospheric detonations of
nuclear weapons
between 1952 and 1958. The residence time of
36
Cl in the atmosphere is about 1 week. Thus, as an event marker of 1950s water in
soil
and
ground water
,
36
Cl is also useful for dating waters less than 50 years before the present.
36
Cl has seen use in other areas of the geological sciences, forecasts, and elements. In chloride-based
molten salt reactors
the production of
36
Cl
by
neutron capture
is an inevitable consequence of using natural isotope mixtures of chlorine (i.e. Those containing
35
Cl
). This produces a long lived radioactive product which has to be stored or disposed off.
Isotope separation
to produce pure
37
Cl
can vastly reduce
36
Cl
production, but a small amount might still be produced by (n,2n) reactions involving
fast neutrons
.
Chlorine-37
[
edit
]
Stable chlorine-37 makes up about 24.23% of the naturally occurring chlorine on earth. Variation occurs as chloride mineral deposits have a slightly elevated chlorine-37 balance over the average found in sea water and
halite
deposits.
[
citation needed
]
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Half-life, decay mode, nuclear spin, and isotopic composition is sourced in:
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