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Isotopes of Barium
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There are twenty-two isotopes known, but most of these are highly radioactive and have half-llifes in the several millisecond to several minute range.
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130Ba [74 neutrons]
Abundance: 0.106%
Stable with 74 neutrons
132Ba [76 neutrons]
Abundance: 0.101%
Stable with 76 neutrons
133Ba [77 neutrons]
Abundance: synthetic
Half life: 10.51 years [ Electron Capture ]
Decay Energy: 0.517 MeV
Decays to 133Cs.
133Ba, is routinely used as a standard source in the calibration of gamma-ray detectors in nuclear physics studies.
134Ba [78 neutrons]
Abundance: 2.417%
Stable with 78 neutrons
135Ba [79 neutrons]
Abundance: 6.592%
Stable with 79 neutrons
136Ba [80 neutrons]
Abundance: 7.854%
Stable with 80 neutrons
137Ba [81 neutrons]
Abundance: 11.23%
Stable with 81 neutrons
138Ba [82 neutrons]
Abundance: 71.7%
Stable with 82 neutrons