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There are seven stable isotopes of mercury (Hg) with 202Hg being the most abundant (29.86%). The longest-lived radioisotopes are
194
Hg with a half-life of 444 years, and 203Hg with a half-life of 46.612 days. Most of the remaining radioisotopes have half-lives that
are less than a day. 199Hg and 201Hg are the most often studied NMR-active nuclei, having spins of 1/2 and 3/2 respectively.
Mercury-180, producible from thallium-180, was found in 2010 to be capable of an unusual form of spontaneous fission.[1] The fission
products are krypton-80 and ruthenium-100.
Standard atomic weight: 200.592(3) u

Table

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nuclide
symbol

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

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decay
mode(s)[2][n 1]

half-life

daughter nuclear
isotope(s)[n 2] spin

excitation energy
171

Hg

80

91 171.00376(32)#

80(30) s
[59(+36-16) s]

3/2-#

172

Hg

80

92 171.99883(22)

420(240) s
[0.25(+35-9) ms]

173

Hg

80

93 172.99724(22)#

1.1(4) ms
[0.6(+5-2) ms]

3/2-#

174

Hg

80

94 173.992864(21)

2.0(4) ms
[2.1(+18-7) ms]

0+

175

Hg

80

95 174.99142(11)

10.8(4) ms

176

Hg

80

96 175.987355(15)

20.4(15) ms

Hg

80

97 176.98628(8)

127.3(18) ms

Hg

80

98 177.982483(14)

0.269(3) s

177

178

179

180

181

80

Hg

[n 3]

Hg

80

80

Hg

181m

99 178.981834(29)

100 179.978266(15)

101 180.977819(17)

1.09(4) s

2.58(1) s

3.6(1) s

171

(98.6%)

172

Pt

(1.4%)

176

(85%)

173

+ (15%)

177

(70%)

174

Pt

80

Hg

102 181.97469(1)

Pt

(30%)

178

(53%)

175

80

Hg

103 182.974450(9)

Pt

179

, p (.15%)

178

+ (52%)

180

(48%)

176

SF

100

+ (64%)

181

(36%)

177

(47%)

Pt
Au

Ru,

198(14) keV

183m2

Hg

240(40)# keV

184

185

10.83(6) s

9.4(7) s

Pt

, p (.014%)

180

+, (9106%)

177

Pt

5# s

104 183.971713(11)

30.6(3) s

Hg

80

105 184.971899(17)

49.1(10) s

99.3(5) keV

1/2(-)

Ir

(84.8%)

182

(15.2%)

178

Au
Pt

, p (10 %)

181

+ (74.5%)

183

(25.5%)

179

0+

Pt
Au
Pt

1/2-

182

Pt
13/2+#

80

Hg

Kr

13/2+

Hg

185m

0+
80

Au

, p (5.610 %)
Hg

5/2-#

Au

Pt

183m1

0+

Au

183

5/2-#

Au

182

0+

Au

210(40)# keV

Hg

5/2-#

Pt

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

21.6(15) s

183

(98.89%)

184

(1.11%)

180

+ (94%)

185

(6%)

181

IT (54%)

185

(46%)

Au
Au
Pt
Au
Pt
Hg

185

Au

13/2+#
0+

1/2-

13/2+

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181

(.03%)

Pt

186

80

Hg

186m

2217.3(4) keV

Hg

187

80

Hg

187m

80

Hg

188m

80

Hg

189m

191

194
195

196

Hg

80

116 195.965833(3)

197

Hg

80

117 196.967213(3)

197m

298.93(8) keV

Hg

198
199

80

Hg

80

Hg

199m
200
201

80

Hg

80

Hg

201m
202
203

80

Hg

80

Hg

203m

Hg

Au

(3.710 %)

184

Pt

Au

(310 %)

185

189

(3105%)

185

190

Pt
Au
Pt
Au

0+

3/2-

13/2+

0+

191

13/2+

EC

192

(4106%)

188

193

(92.9%)

193

IT (7.1%)

193

444(77) a

EC

194

0+

10.53(3) h

195

1/2-

11.8(2) h

IT (54.2%)

41.6(8) h

(45.8%)

Pt
Au
Au
Au
Pt
Au
Au
Hg
Au
Au
Hg

195

Au

Observationally Stable [n 4]
64.14(5) h
23.8(1) h

197

IT (91.4%)

197

EC (8.6%)

197

Au
Hg

IT

199

Hg

120 199.9683260(4)

Observationally Stable [n 7]

121 200.9703023(6)

[n 8]

Observationally Stable
94(3) s

123 202.9728725(18) 46.595(6) d

24(4) s

13/2+
0.0015(1)

1/213/2+
0+

0.0997(20)

1/2-

0.1687(22)

13/2+
0+

0.2310(19)

3/2-

0.1318(9)

13/2+
Observationally Stable [n 9]

122 201.9706430(6)

13/2+

Au

119 198.9682799(4)

42.66(8) min

3/2-

0+

EC

Observationally Stable

0+

195

[n 6]

933.14(23) keV

13/2+

189

Observationally Stable [n 5]

766.22(15) keV

Hg

188

118 197.9667690(4)

532.48(10) keV

Hg

Pt

50.8(15) min

3.80(15) h

176.07(4) keV

(2.510 %)

3/2(-)

113 192.966665(17)

Hg

Au

183

191

80

195m

187

3/2-

Hg

115 194.966720(25)

Pt

49(10) min

4.85(20) h

80

(1.210 %)

(510 %)

112 191.965634(17)

Hg

Au

183

186

80

114 193.965439(13)

0+

(12+)

8.6(1) min

Hg

80

Pt

187

7.6(1) min

111 190.967157(24)

Hg

Au

134(15) ns

80

140.76(5) keV

+
4

3.25(15) min

Hg

Hg

2.4(3) min

20.0(5) min

193m

(.016%)

182

(8-)

1.9(3) min

110 189.966322(17)

128(22) keV

(99.92%)

82(5) s

80

Hg

193

1.38(6) min

Hg

191m
192

109 188.96819(4)

80(30) keV

Hg

190

108 187.967577(12)
2724.3(4) keV

Hg

189

107 186.969814(15)

59(16) keV

Hg

188

106 185.969362(12)

186

0+

203

Tl

0.2986(26)

5/2(

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204

Hg

80

124 203.9734939(4)

205

Hg

80

125 204.976073(4)

205m

1556.40(17) keV

Hg

206

80

Hg

126 205.977514(22)

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Observationally Stable [n 10]

0+

205

1/2-

1.09(4) ms

IT

205

13/2+

8.15(10) min

206

0+

207

(9/2+)

208

0+

5.14(9) min

Tl
Hg
Tl

207

Hg

80

127 206.98259(16)

2.9(2) min

208

Hg

80

128 207.98594(32)#

42(5) min
[41(+5-4) min]

209

Hg

80

129 208.99104(21)#

37(8) s

9/2+#

210

Hg

80

130 209.99451(32)#

10# min
[>300 ns]

0+

Tl
Tl

0.0687(15)

1. ^ Abbreviations:
EC: Electron capture
IT: Isomeric transition
2. ^ Bold for stable isotopes
3. ^ When produced from 180Tl can also undergo fission to 100Ru and 80Kr
4. ^ Believed to undergo decay to 192Pt or ++ decay to 196Pt with a half-life over 2.51018 years
5. ^ Believed to undergo decay to 194Pt
6. ^ Believed to undergo decay to 195Pt
7. ^ Believed to undergo decay to 196Pt
8. ^ Believed to undergo decay to 197Pt
9. ^ Believed to undergo decay to 198Pt
10. ^ Believed to undergo decay to 200Pt or -- decay to 204Pb

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.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=mercury-serves-up-a-nuclear-su
2. ^ 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/atomic-weights_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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