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Isotopes of titanium

Isotopes of titanium
Standard atomic weightAr°(Ti)

Naturally occurring titanium (22Ti) is composed of five stable isotopes; Ti, Ti, Ti, Ti and Ti with Ti being the most abundant (73.8% natural abundance). Twenty-three radioisotopes have been characterized, with the most stable being Ti with a half-life of 59.1 years and Ti with a half-life of 184.8 minutes. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than 10 minutes, and the majority of these have half-lives that are less than one second.

The isotopes of titanium range from Ti to Ti. 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 stable isotopes of titanium with an odd number of nucleons, Ti and Ti, which thus have non-zero nuclear spin of 5/2− and 7/2− (respectively) and are NMR-active.