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Naturally occurring terbium (Tb) is composed of 1 stable isotope, 159Tb. 36 radioisotopes have been characterized, with the most
stable being 158Tb with a half-life of 180 years, 157Tb with a half-life of 71 years, and 160Tb with a half-life of 72.3 days. All of the
remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than 6.907 days, and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than
24 seconds. This element also has 27 meta states, with the most stable being 156m1Tb (t 24.4 hours), 154m2Tb (t 22.7 hours) and
154m1
Tb (t 9.4 hours).
The primary decay mode before the most abundant stable isotope, 159Tb, is electron capture, and the primary mode behind is beta
minus decay. The primary decay products before 159Tb are element Gd (gadolinium) isotopes, and the primary products behind are
element Dy (dysprosium) isotopes.
Standard atomic mass: 158.92535(2) u

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nuclide
symbol

Z(p) N(n) isotopic mass (u)

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half-life

decay
daughter nuclear
mode(s)[1][n 1] isotope(s)[n 2] spin

excitation energy
135

Tb

65

70

0.94(+33-22) ms

136

Tb

65

71 135.96138(64)#

0.2# s

137

Tb

65

72 136.95598(64)#

600# ms

138

Tb

65

73 137.95316(43)#

800# ms [>200 ns]

Tb

65

74 138.94829(32)#

1.6(2) s

139
140
141

138

137

139

(99.74%)

140

+, p (.26%)

139

Gd
Gd
Gd
Gd

11/2-#
5

2.4(2) s

Tb

65

76 140.94145(11)

3.5(2) s

141

(5/2-)

7.9(6) s

141

11/2-#

142

,p

141

IT (99.5%)

142

0(200)# keV
65

Tb

142m2

597(17) ms

280.2(10) keV

303(17) ms

Tb

621.4(11) keV

15(4) s

65

Tb

65

Tb

78 142.93512(6)
0(100)# keV

Tb

144m1

77 141.93874(32)#

Tb

143m
144

75 139.94581(86)

142m1

143

11/2-#

65

Tb

142

(7/2-)

Tb

141m

79 143.93305(3)

396.9(5) keV

Tb

12(1) s
<21 s
~1 s

4.25(15) s

Eu
Gd
Gd
Gd
Eu
Tb

1+

(5-)

(.5%)

142

143

(11/2-)

143

5/2+#

144

, p (rare)

143

IT (66%)

144

Gd

Gd
Gd
Gd
Eu

144

143

(34%)

1+

Tb

, p (<1%)

Gd

(6-)

Eu

144m2

Tb

476.2(5) keV

2.8(3) s

(8-)

144m3

Tb

517.1(5) keV

670(60) ns

(9+)

144m4

Tb

544.5(6) keV

<300 ns

(10+)

145

65

Tb

145m

0(100)# keV

Tb

146

65

Tb

80 144.92927(6)

81 145.92725(5)

145

(3/2+)

30.9(7) s

145

(11/2-)

8(4) s

146

1+

146

5-

1.64(3) h

147

1/2+#

1.87(5) min

147

(11/2)-

60(1) min

148

2-

148

(9)+

(83.3%)

149

(16.7%)

145

20# min

146m1

Tb

150(100)# keV

24.1(5) s

146m2

Tb

930(100)# keV

1.18(2) ms

147

65

Tb

147m

50.6(9) keV

Tb

148

65

Tb

82 146.924045(13)

83 147.924272(15)

148m1

Tb

90.1(3) keV

2.20(5) min

148m2

Tb

8618.6(10) keV

1.310(7) s

149

Tb

65

84 148.923246(5)

4.118(25) h

representative
range of natural
isotopic
variation
composition
(mole fraction)
(mole fraction)

Gd
Gd
Gd
Gd

(10+)

Gd
Gd
Gd
Gd

(27+)
Gd
Eu

1/2+

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149m

35.78(13) keV

Tb

150

65

Tb

150m

457(29) keV

Tb

151

65

Tb

151m

65

Tb

86 150.923103(5)

99.54(6) keV

Tb

152

85 149.923660(8)

87 151.92407(4)

4.16(4) min

3.48(16) h

5.8(2) min

17.609(1) h

25(3) s

17.5(1) h

152m1

Tb

342.15(16) keV

0.96 s

152m2

Tb

501.74(19) keV

4.2(1) min

153

65

Tb

153m

163.175(5) keV

Tb

154

65

Tb

154m1

88 152.923435(5)

89 153.92468(5)

12(7) keV

Tb

2.34(1) d

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+ (99.97%)

149

(.022%)

145

+ (99.95%)

150

(.05%)

146

150

IT (rare)

150

+ (99.99%)

151

(.0095%)

147

IT (93.8%)

151

21.5(4) h

9.4(4) h

Tb

200(150)# keV

22.7(5) h

154m3

Tb

0+Z keV

513(42) ns

155

Tb

65

90 154.923505(13)

5.32(6) d

156

Tb

65

91 155.924747(5)

5.35(10) d

156m1

Tb

54(3) keV

24.4(10) h

156m2

Tb

88.4(2) keV

5.3(2) h

157

Tb

65

92 156.9240246(27) 71(7) a

158

Tb

65

93 157.9254131(28) 180(11) a

158m2

388.37(15) keV

Tb

Eu

Tb
Gd
Eu
Tb

(6.2%)

151

152

Gd
Gd

(710 %)

148

Eu

10.70(17) s

11/2-

(2-)

9+

1/2(+)

(11/2-)

25-

IT (78.8%)

152

Tb

(21.2%)

152

153

8+

Gd
Gd

186(4) s

154m2

110.3(12) keV

Gd

5/2+
11/2-

+ (99.9%)
-

154

Gd

(.1%)

154

+ (78.2%)

154

IT (21.8%)

154

(.1%)

Tb

Eu

Gd

158m1

Gd

Dy

0(+#)

Gd
Tb

3-

154

Dy
7-

EC

155

156

(rare)

156

IT

156

Gd
Gd

3/2+
3-

Dy
Tb

(7-)
(0+)

EC

157

+ (83.4%)

158

Gd
Gd

(16.6%)

158

IT (99.39%)

158

3/2+
3-

Dy
Tb

(.6%)

158

+ (.01%)

158

Dy

0-

Gd

0.40(4) ms

7-

159

Tb[n 3]

65

94 158.9253468(27)

Stable [n 4]

160

Tb

65

95 159.9271676(27) 72.3(2) d

160

3-

161

3/2+

162

1-

161

Tb

162

Tb

[n 3]

65

96 160.9275699(28) 6.906(19) d

65

97 161.92949(4)

7.60(15) min

3/2+
Dy
Dy
Dy

1.0000

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163

65

Tb

98 162.930648(5)

164

Tb

65

99 163.93335(11)

165

Tb

65

166

Tb

65

19.5(3) min

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163

3/2+

164

(5+)

Dy

3.0(1) min

100 164.93488(21)#

2.11(10) min

165m

101 165.93799(11)

25.6(22) s

166

167

3/2+#

Dy
Dy

3/2+#

Dy

167

Tb

65

102 166.94005(43)#

19.4(27) s

168

Tb

65

103 167.94364(54)#

8.2(13) s

168

4-#

169

3/2+#

Dy
Dy

169

Tb

65

104 168.94622(64)#

2# s

170

Tb

65

105 169.95025(75)#

3# s

170

171

171

65

Tb

106 170.95330(86)#

500# ms

Dy
Dy
Dy

3/2+#

1. ^ Abbreviations:
EC: Electron capture
IT: Isomeric transition
2. ^ Bold for stable isotopes
3. ^ a b Fission product
4. ^ Theoretically capable of spontaneous fission

Notes
Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from systematic trends. Spins with weak
assignment arguments are enclosed in parentheses.
Uncertainties are given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits. Uncertainty values denote one
standard deviation, except isotopic composition and standard atomic mass from IUPAC which use expanded uncertainties.

References
1. ^ http://www.nucleonica.net/unc.aspx

Isotope masses from:

G. Audi, A. H. Wapstra, C. Thibault, J. Blachot and O. Bersillon (2003). "The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and decay
properties" (http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/amdc/nubase/Nubase2003.pdf). Nuclear Physics A 729: 3128.
Bibcode:2003NuPhA.729....3A (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003NuPhA.729....3A).
doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.nuclphysa.2003.11.001).
Isotopic compositions and standard atomic masses from:
J. R. de Laeter, J. K. Bhlke, P. De Bivre, H. Hidaka, H. S. Peiser, K. J. R. Rosman and P. D. P. Taylor (2003). "Atomic
weights of the elements. Review 2000 (IUPAC Technical Report)" (http://www.iupac.org/publications/pac/75/6/0683
/pdf/). Pure and Applied Chemistry 75 (6): 683800. doi:10.1351/pac200375060683 (http://dx.doi.org
/10.1351%2Fpac200375060683).
M. E. Wieser (2006). "Atomic weights of the elements 2005 (IUPAC Technical Report)" (http://iupac.org/publications
/pac/78/11/2051/pdf/). Pure and Applied Chemistry 78 (11): 20512066. doi:10.1351/pac200678112051 (http://dx.doi.org
/10.1351%2Fpac200678112051). Lay summary (http://old.iupac.org/news/archives/2005/atomicweights_revised05.html).
Half-life, spin, and isomer data selected from the following sources. See editing notes on this article's talk page.
G. Audi, A. H. Wapstra, C. Thibault, J. Blachot and O. Bersillon (2003). "The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and decay
properties" (http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/amdc/nubase/Nubase2003.pdf). Nuclear Physics A 729: 3128.
Bibcode:2003NuPhA.729....3A (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003NuPhA.729....3A).
doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.nuclphysa.2003.11.001).
National Nuclear Data Center. "NuDat 2.1 database" (http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat2/). Brookhaven National
Laboratory. Retrieved September 2005.
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Isotopes of terbium

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dysprosium

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