Isotopes of radium
Radium (Ra) has no stable or nearly stable isotopes, and thus a standard atomic mass cannot be given. The longest lived, and most common, isotope of radium is 226Ra with a half-life of 1,600 years. 226Ra occurs in the decay chain of 238U (often referred to as the radium series.) Radium has 33 known isotopes from 202Ra to 234Ra.
Table
↑ Abbreviations:
CD: Cluster decay
EC: Electron capture
IT: Isomeric transition
↑ Bold for stable isotopes
↑ Intermediate decay product of 238U
↑ Used for treating bone cancer
↑ Intermediate decay product of 235U
1 2 Intermediate decay product of 232Th
↑ Source of element's name
↑ Intermediate decay product of 238U
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.