Isotopes of magnesium
Template:Short description Template:Infobox magnesium isotopes Magnesium (12Mg) naturally occurs in three stable isotopes: Template:Chem/link, Template:Chem/link, and Template:Chem/link. There are 19 radioisotopes that have been discovered, ranging from Template:Chem/link to Template:Chem/link (with the exception of Template:Chem/link). The longest-lived radioisotope is Template:Chem/link with a half-life of Script error: No such module "val".. The lighter isotopes mostly decay to isotopes of sodium while the heavier isotopes decay to isotopes of aluminium. The shortest-lived is proton-unbound Template:Chem/link with a half-life of Script error: No such module "val"..
A precise measurement of the neutron-rich 40Mg in 2019 showed the unexpected difference in its nuclear structure, compared to the lighter neighboring isotopes.[1][2]
List of isotopes
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External links
See also
Daughter products other than magnesium
References
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