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Isotopes of the Element Iodine

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Iodine

Most of the isotope data on this site has been obtained from the National Nuclear Data Center. Please visit their site for more information.

Isotopes With A Known Natural Abundance

Mass Number Natural Abundance Half-life
127 100% STABLE

Known Isotopes

Mass Number Half-life Decay Mode Branching Percentage
107 No Data Available No Data Available No Data Available
108 36 milliseconds Alpha Decay 91.00%
Electron Capture 9.00%
Proton Emission < 1.00%
109 93.5 microseconds Proton Emission 99.99%
Alpha Decay 0.01%
110 0.65 seconds Electron Capture 83.00%
Alpha Decay 17.00%
Electron Capture with
delayed Proton Emission
11.00%
Electron Capture with
delayed Alpha Decay
1.10%
111 2.5 seconds Electron Capture 99.90%
Alpha Decay ~ 0.10%
112 3.42 seconds Electron Capture 100.00%
Alpha Decay ~ 1.2×10-3 %
113 6.6 seconds Electron Capture 100.00%
Alpha Decay 3.3×10-7 %
114 2.1 seconds Electron Capture with
delayed Proton Emission
No Data Available
Electron Capture 100.00%
114m 6.2 seconds Electron Capture 91.00%
Isomeric Transition 9.00%
115 1.3 minutes Electron Capture 100.00%
116 2.91 seconds Electron Capture 100.00%
117 2.22 minutes Electron Capture 100.00%
118 13.7 minutes Electron Capture 100.00%
118m 8.5 minutes Electron Capture < 100.00%
Isomeric Transition No Data Available
119 19.1 minutes Electron Capture 100.00%
120 81.6 minutes Electron Capture 100.00%
120m 53 minutes Electron Capture 100.00%
121 2.12 hours Electron Capture 100.00%
122 3.63 minutes Electron Capture 100.00%
123 13.2235 hours Electron Capture 100.00%
124 4.1760 days Electron Capture 100.00%
125 59.407 days Electron Capture 100.00%
126 12.93 days Electron Capture 52.70%
Beta-minus Decay 47.30%
127 STABLE - -
128 24.99 minutes Beta-minus Decay 93.10%
Electron Capture 6.90%
129 1.57×10+7 years Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
130 12.36 hours Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
130m 8.84 minutes Beta-minus Decay 16.00%
Isomeric Transition 84.00%
131 8.0252 days Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
132 2.295 hours Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
132m 1.387 hours Isomeric Transition 86.00%
Beta-minus Decay 14.00%
133 20.83 hours Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
133m 9 seconds Isomeric Transition 100.00%
134 52.5 minutes Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
134m 3.52 minutes Isomeric Transition 97.70%
Beta-minus Decay 2.30%
135 6.58 hours Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
136 83.4 seconds Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
136m 46.9 seconds Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
137 24.5 seconds Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
Beta-minus Decay with
delayed Neutron Emission
7.14%
138 6.23 seconds Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
Beta-minus Decay with
delayed Neutron Emission
5.56%
139 2.280 seconds Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
Beta-minus Decay with
delayed Neutron Emission
10.00%
140 0.86 seconds Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
Beta-minus Decay with
delayed Neutron Emission
9.30%
141 0.43 seconds Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
Beta-minus Decay with
delayed Neutron Emission
21.20%
142 222 milliseconds Beta-minus Decay 100.00%
Beta-minus Decay with
delayed Neutron Emission (suspected)
No Data Available
143 130 milliseconds Beta-minus Decay (suspected) No Data Available
144 > 300 nanoseconds Beta-minus Decay (suspected) No Data Available
145 > 407 nanoseconds Beta-minus Decay No Data Available
Beta-minus Decay with
delayed Neutron Emission
No Data Available

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