Atomic weights of the elements 2013 (IUPAC Technical Report)

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The standard atomic weights of four elements have been revised based on recent determinations of isotopic abundances in natural terrestrial materials: cadmium to 112.414(4) from 112.411(8), molybdenum to 95.95(1) from 95.96(2), selenium to 78.971(8) from 78.96(3), and thorium to 232.0377(4) from 232.038 06(2). The Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (ciaaw.org) also revised the standard atomic weights of fifteen elements based on the 2012 Atomic Mass Evaluation: aluminium (aluminum) to 26.981 5385(7) from 26.981 5386(8), arsenic to 74.921 595(6) from 74.921 60(2), beryllium to 9.012 1831(5) from 9.012 182(3), caesium (cesium) to 132.905 451 96(6) from 132.905 4519(2), cobalt to 58.933 194(4) from 58.933 195(5), fluorine to 18.998 403 163(6) from 18.998 4032(5), gold to 196.966 569(5) from 196.966 569(4), holmium to 164.930 33(2) from 164.930 32(2), manganese to 54.938 044(3) from 54.938 045(5), niobium to 92.906 37(2) from 92.906 38(2), phosphorus to 30.973 761 998(5) from 30.973 762(2), praseodymium to 140.907 66(2) from 140.907 65(2), scandium to 44.955 908(5) from 44.955 912(6), thulium to 168.934 22(2) from 168.934 21(2), and yttrium to 88.905 84(2) from 88.905 85(2). The Commission also recommends the standard value for the natural terrestrial uranium isotope ratio, N ( 238 U)/ N ( 235 U)=137.8(1)."/> <meta property="og:url" content="https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/html"/><meta property="og:site_name" content="De Gruyter"/><meta property="og:title" content="Atomic weights of the elements 2013 (IUPAC Technical Report)"/><meta property="og:type" content="article"/><meta property="og:locale" content="en"/><meta property="og:image" content="https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/journal_key/PAC/product"/><meta property="og:image:type" content="image/jpeg"/><meta property="og:description" content="The biennial review of atomic-weight determinations and other cognate data has resulted in changes for the standard atomic weights of 19 elements. The standard atomic weights of four elements have been revised based on recent determinations of isotopic abundances in natural terrestrial materials: cadmium to 112.414(4) from 112.411(8), molybdenum to 95.95(1) from 95.96(2), selenium to 78.971(8) from 78.96(3), and thorium to 232.0377(4) from 232.038 06(2). The Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (ciaaw.org) also revised the standard atomic weights of fifteen elements based on the 2012 Atomic Mass Evaluation: aluminium (aluminum) to 26.981 5385(7) from 26.981 5386(8), arsenic to 74.921 595(6) from 74.921 60(2), beryllium to 9.012 1831(5) from 9.012 182(3), caesium (cesium) to 132.905 451 96(6) from 132.905 4519(2), cobalt to 58.933 194(4) from 58.933 195(5), fluorine to 18.998 403 163(6) from 18.998 4032(5), gold to 196.966 569(5) from 196.966 569(4), holmium to 164.930 33(2) from 164.930 32(2), manganese to 54.938 044(3) from 54.938 045(5), niobium to 92.906 37(2) from 92.906 38(2), phosphorus to 30.973 761 998(5) from 30.973 762(2), praseodymium to 140.907 66(2) from 140.907 65(2), scandium to 44.955 908(5) from 44.955 912(6), thulium to 168.934 22(2) from 168.934 21(2), and yttrium to 88.905 84(2) from 88.905 85(2). 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The standard atomic weights of four elements have been revised based on recent determinations of isotopic abundances in natural terrestrial materials:<ul class="list list-simple" list-type="simple"><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>cadmium to 112.414(4) from 112.411(8),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>molybdenum to 95.95(1) from 95.96(2),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>selenium to 78.971(8) from 78.96(3), and</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>thorium to 232.0377(4) from 232.038 06(2).</p> </div></li></ul></p> <p>The Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (ciaaw.org) also revised the standard atomic weights of fifteen elements based on the 2012 Atomic Mass Evaluation:<ul class="list list-simple" list-type="simple"><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>aluminium (aluminum) to 26.981 5385(7) from 26.981 5386(8),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>arsenic to 74.921 595(6) from 74.921 60(2),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>beryllium to 9.012 1831(5) from 9.012 182(3),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>caesium (cesium) to 132.905 451 96(6) from 132.905 4519(2),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>cobalt to 58.933 194(4) from 58.933 195(5),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>fluorine to 18.998 403 163(6) from 18.998 4032(5),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>gold to 196.966 569(5) from 196.966 569(4),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>holmium to 164.930 33(2) from 164.930 32(2),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>manganese to 54.938 044(3) from 54.938 045(5),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>niobium to 92.906 37(2) from 92.906 38(2),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>phosphorus to 30.973 761 998(5) from 30.973 762(2),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>praseodymium to 140.907 66(2) from 140.907 65(2),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>scandium to 44.955 908(5) from 44.955 912(6),</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>thulium to 168.934 22(2) from 168.934 21(2), and</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>yttrium to 88.905 84(2) from 88.905 85(2).</p> </div></li></ul></p> <p>The Commission also recommends the standard value for the natural terrestrial uranium isotope ratio, <em>N</em>(<sup>238</sup>U)/<em>N</em>(<sup>235</sup>U)=137.8(1).</p> </div><div class="keywords mb-3">Keywords: <a href="/search?query=keywordValues%3A%28%22atomic%20weights%22%29%20AND%20journalKey%3A%28%22PAC%22%29&documentVisibility=all&documentTypeFacet=article" class="ga_keyword">atomic weights</a>; 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<a href="/search?query=keywordValues%3A%28%22molybdenum%22%29%20AND%20journalKey%3A%28%22PAC%22%29&documentVisibility=all&documentTypeFacet=article" class="ga_keyword">molybdenum</a>; <a href="/search?query=keywordValues%3A%28%22selenium%22%29%20AND%20journalKey%3A%28%22PAC%22%29&documentVisibility=all&documentTypeFacet=article" class="ga_keyword">selenium</a>; <a href="/search?query=keywordValues%3A%28%22standard%20atomic%20weight%22%29%20AND%20journalKey%3A%28%22PAC%22%29&documentVisibility=all&documentTypeFacet=article" class="ga_keyword">standard atomic weight</a>; <a href="/search?query=keywordValues%3A%28%22standardization%22%29%20AND%20journalKey%3A%28%22PAC%22%29&documentVisibility=all&documentTypeFacet=article" class="ga_keyword">standardization</a>; <a href="/search?query=keywordValues%3A%28%22thorium%22%29%20AND%20journalKey%3A%28%22PAC%22%29&documentVisibility=all&documentTypeFacet=article" class="ga_keyword">thorium</a>; <a href="/search?query=keywordValues%3A%28%22uranium%22%29%20AND%20journalKey%3A%28%22PAC%22%29&documentVisibility=all&documentTypeFacet=article" class="ga_keyword">uranium</a></div><div class="body"> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_002"> <h2 class="subheading">1 Introduction</h2> <p>Comprehensive tables of recommended atomic-weight values for use in science, industry, and commerce began with F. W. Clarke’s publication of his recalculation of the atomic weights in 1882. In 1892, the American Chemical Society appointed Clarke as a permanent one-man committee to report on a standard table of atomic weights for acceptance by the society, and he reported annually from 1893 until 1913, when he asked to be relieved of this responsibility. In 1897, the German Chemical Society appointed a working committee to report on atomic weights. They published reports on best values and also issued an invitation to other chemistry organizations to appoint delegates to an international committee for atomic weights. The international committee’s first report for 1901 was published in <em>Chemische Berichte</em> in 1902, and this committee continued to report annually until 1921. This committee joined the International Association of Chemical Societies in September 1913, until it was dissolved in 1919. The Committee then joined the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) in June 1920. IUPAC published the new Committee’s first table of atomic weights in 1925. After reorganization, the International Committee began to publish annual reports in 1931 [1]. In 1979 [2], the Commission on Atomic Weights and Isotopic Abundances, as it was known then, agreed that an atomic weight could be defined for any specified sample and decreed that</p><blockquote class="blockquote mx-4 disp-quote"> <p>“Dated Tables of Standard Atomic Weights published by the Commission refer to our best knowledge of the elements in natural terrestrial sources.”</p> </blockquote> <p>In recent times, the Table of Standard Atomic Weights has been published biennially, and their values are virtually unchallenged throughout the world. The detail and number of significant digits reported in the full Table of Standard Atomic Weights exceeds the needs and the interests of many users. A Table abridged to five significant digits is published with the expectation that subsequent changes to the abridged values will be minimal.</p> <p>Atomic weight values originally were considered to be constants of nature and, as such, did not have any associated uncertainties. However, in the 1951 report, the Committee added a footnote to sulfur indicating that a variation factor ±0.003 should be attached to its atomic-weight value to account for atomic-weight variations in naturally occurring sources of sulfur. In 1961, the Committee added footnotes to account for variations in atomic weights in naturally occurring sources of a number of elements, as well as experimental measurement uncertainties. By 1967, IUPAC Commission on Atomic Weights, as it was known then, recognized that the standard atomic weight uncertainties of some elements (H, B, C, O, Si, S, and Cu) could not be reduced because of variations in the amount fractions of their isotopes in normal materials [3], including some chemical reagents [4]. By a “normal” material, the IUPAC Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights (hereafter termed the Commission) means material from a terrestrial source that satisfies the following criteria:</p><blockquote class="blockquote mx-4 disp-quote"> <p>“The material is a reasonably possible source for this element or its compounds in commerce, for industry or science; the material is not itself studied for some extraordinary anomaly and its isotopic composition has not been modified significantly in a geologically brief period.” [5, 6]</p> </blockquote> <p>Thus, the standard atomic-weight values published by the Commission are intended to encompass all naturally occurring materials with the highest possible reliability, such that standard atomic-weight values are rarely corrected. With improvements in analytical instrumentation during the last three decades, the number of elements with two or more isotopes with documented variations in atomic-weight values in normal materials that exceed the uncertainty of the atomic weight determined from a best measurement of isotopic abundances grew to 18 elements in the 2007 Table of Standard Atomic Weights [7]. These elements were given footnote “r” in the IUPAC Table of Standard Atomic Weights to indicate that a range in isotopic composition of normal material prevents a more precise standard-atomic-weight value from being given. Until the publication of the 2009 Table of Standard Atomic Weights, the Commission provided a single atomic-weight value for each element (with at least one stable isotope) along with an estimated symmetrical and expanded uncertainty. These uncertainties were always estimated by the Commission through evaluation of all the relevant published literature such that any user of the atomic-weight data would, with high probability, find the atomic weight of any element in any normal sample to be in the range indicated by the uncertainty for the recommended standard atomic weight. These values thus correspond to expanded uncertainties as now defined by the Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM) [8], and they are consistent with those calculated from the isotopic abundances listed in Column 9 of the Table of Isotopic Composition of the Elements [9]. Beginning with the 2009 Table of Standard Atomic Weights [10], the Commission highlighted the existence of atomic-weight variations for some elements by reporting atomic-weight intervals rather than single values with expanded uncertainties. The upper and lower bounds of the atomic-weight interval for a given element define the interval within which the atomic-weight value for any given sample of normal material may be found (see Section 1.4). Periodically, the history of the standard atomic-weight value of each element is reviewed, emphasizing the relevant published scientific evidence upon which decisions were based [5, 6, 11, 12].</p> <p>The Commission met in Gebze, Turkey, under the chairmanship of Dr. Willi A. Brand from 7 to 8 August 2013, prior to the 47<sup>th</sup> IUPAC General Assembly in Istanbul. At this meeting, the Commission reviewed recommendations of its Subcommittee on Isotopic Abundance Measurements (SIAM), which suggested changes in the standard atomic weights of some elements based on its review of published data.</p> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_003"> <h3 class="subheading">1.1 Atomic weight of an element</h3> <p>The <strong>atomic mass</strong>, <em>m</em><sub>a</sub>, of an unbound neutral atom of carbon-12, <em>m</em><sub>a</sub>(<sup>12</sup>C), in its nuclear and electronic ground states is 12 Da exactly, where Da is the symbol for unified atomic mass unit, and alternative symbol is u. The <strong>atomic weight</strong> (also called the relative atomic mass) of isotope <sup><em>i</em></sup>E of element E, symbol <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(<sup><em>i</em></sup>E), in material P is</p> <div class="formula" id="j_pac-2015-0305_eq_001"> <span class="label">(1)</span> <span class="alternatives"> <mml:math xmlns:env="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dgror="http://degruyter.com/resources/fetched-ror-id" xmlns:m="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" display="block"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>A</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>r</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>(</mml:mtext> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mtext>E</mml:mtext> <mml:mprescripts></mml:mprescripts> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mtext>)</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>P</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mfrac> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>a</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mtext>E</mml:mtext> <mml:mprescripts></mml:mprescripts> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>P</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>a</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mtext>C</mml:mtext> <mml:mprescripts></mml:mprescripts> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>12</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mn>12</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfrac> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mfrac> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>m</mml:mi> <mml:mtext>a</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mtext>E</mml:mtext> <mml:mprescripts></mml:mprescripts> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>P</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>Da</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfrac> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtd> <mml:mtext> (1)</mml:mtext> </mml:mtd> </mml:math> </span> </div> <p>Thus, the atomic mass of <sup>12</sup>C is 12 Da, and the atomic weight of <sup>12</sup>C is 12 exactly. All other atomic weight values are ratios to the <sup>12</sup>C standard value and thus are dimensionless numbers. The atomic weight of element E, <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E), in a material P is determined from the relation</p> <div class="formula" id="j_pac-2015-0305_eq_002"> <span class="label">(2)</span> <span class="alternatives"> <mml:math xmlns:env="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dgror="http://degruyter.com/resources/fetched-ror-id" xmlns:m="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" display="block"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>A</mml:mi> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>∑</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> [</mml:mtext> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>A</mml:mi> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> <mml:mtext>]</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtd> <mml:mtext> (2)</mml:mtext> </mml:mtd> </mml:math> </span> </div> <p>where <em>x</em>(<sup><em>i</em></sup>E)<sub>P</sub> is the amount fraction of isotope <sup><em>i</em></sup>E in material P (also called the isotopic abundance). The summation is over all stable isotopes of the element plus selected radioactive isotopes (having relatively long half-lives and characteristic terrestrial isotopic compositions) of the element. The atomic weight, <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E), of element E in a material can be determined from knowledge of the atomic masses of the isotopes of that element and the corresponding amount fractions of the isotopes of that element in the material. In contrast to the atomic weight of an element in any given material, the <em>standard atomic weight</em> is a quantity that represents the atomic weights of an element in normal terrestrial materials and, therefore, must be given with larger uncertainty for some elements than the measured atomic weight in any given material. Isotopes contributing to the determination of the atomic weight of an element include (1) all stable isotopes (not known to be radioactive), of which there are 252, and (2) selected radioactive isotopes that have relatively long half-lives and characteristic terrestrial isotopic compositions, of which there are 37. A radioactive isotope of an element is said to have a <em>characteristic terrestrial isotopic composition</em> [13] if it contributes significantly and reproducibly to the determination of the standard atomic weight of the element in normal materials.</p> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_004"> <h3 class="subheading">1.2 “Best measurement” of the isotopic abundances of an element</h3> <p>For several decades, the isotopic abundances of many elements with two or more stable isotopes have been measured with decreasing measurement uncertainty by means of mass spectrometry. As a result, the uncertainty in atomic-weight measurements, <em>U</em>[<em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E)], has improved substantially. The Commission regularly evaluates reports of isotopic abundances to select the “best measurement” of the isotopic abundances of an element in a specified material. The best measurement is defined as a set of analyses of the isotope-amount ratio or isotope-number ratio of an element in a well-characterized, representative material with small combined uncertainty. To be considered by the Commission for evaluation, reports must be published in peer-reviewed literature, and the results should be given with sufficient detail so that the Commission can reconstruct the uncertainty budget in its various components, including sample preparation, analysis of isotope-amount or isotope-number ratios, and data handling. Criteria used to evaluate a “best measurement” include:<ol type="1" class="list " list-type="order"><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>The extent to which measurement uncertainties of random and systematic nature have been assessed and documented in the report. The Commission seeks evidence that mass-spectrometer linearity, mass-spectrometric fractionation of ions of varying masses, memory, baseline, interferences among ions, sample purity and preparation effects, and statistical assessment of data were carried out properly. Preference is given to measurements that are fully calibrated with synthetic mixtures of isotopes of the element of interest, covering the isotopic-abundance variations of normal materials over the interval of the masses of the isotopes in the material being analyzed.</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>The relevance and availability of the analyzed material for the scientific community involved in isotopic measurements and calibrations. Preference is given to analyses of chemically stable materials that are distributed internationally as isotopic reference materials by national or international measurement institutes, or to isotopically unfractionated representatives of homogeneous terrestrial materials.</p> </div></li></ol></p> <p>The Commission has determined that new, calibrated isotopic-composition measurements could improve substantially the standard atomic-weight values of a number of elements that have relatively large uncertainties. Such elements include Gd, Hf, Pd, and Sm.</p> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_005"> <h3 class="subheading">1.3 Categorization of elements by their atomic-weight and isotopic-composition variations</h3> <p>Because variation in isotopic composition of an element impacts its atomic weight, the Commission has undertaken assessments of variations of isotopic compositions in the published literature, both through its Subcommittees and through subsequent IUPAC projects.</p> <p>All known elements can be categorized according to the following constraints on their standard atomic weights (see Section 9 for details):<ol type="1" class="list " list-type="order"><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>Elements with no stable isotope and with no radioactive isotope having a characteristic terrestrial isotopic composition in normal materials, <em>e.g.</em> radon. No standard atomic weight can be determined and no value is provided in the Table of Standard Atomic weights for these elements. These elements have a white background for each element cell on the IUPAC Periodic Table of the Isotopes [14].</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>Elements whose standard atomic weight is determined by only one stable isotope, <em>e.g.</em> sodium. The standard atomic weight is derived from the atomic mass of its stable isotope [15–17]. These elements have a blue background for each element cell on the IUPAC Periodic Table of the Isotopes [14].</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>Elements whose standard atomic weight is determined by more than one isotope are shown on the IUPAC Periodic Table of the Isotopes with a yellow background [14]. They are subdivided into three groups:<ol type="a" class="list " list-type="alpha-lower"><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>Elements have no documented evidence of variation in atomic weight for normal materials, or elements that have not been evaluated for variation in isotopic composition by an IUPAC project, <em>e.g.</em> tungsten. Elements in this subcategory may enter category 3b as more accurate isotopic-abundance measurements are published.</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>Elements have known variations in atomic weight in normal materials, but these variations do not exceed the evaluated measurement uncertainty of the atomic weight derived from the best measurement of the isotopic abundances of an element, <em>e.g.</em> molybdenum. Elements in this subcategory can advance to category 3c as best-measurement results improve.</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>Elements have known variations in atomic weight in normal materials that exceed the uncertainty of the atomic weight derived from a best measurement of isotopic abundances, but not yet assigned an atomic-weight interval by the Commission (<em>e.g.</em> copper). Elements in this subcategory can advance to category 4 as the Commission completes evaluations and assigns intervals. The Commission uses the footnote “r” to identify elements in this subcategory for which the standard-atomic-weight uncertainty has been expanded to account for known atomic-weight variability.</p> </div></li></ol></p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p>Elements with two or more isotopes having known variations in atomic weights in normal materials that exceed the uncertainty of the atomic weight derived from a best measurement of isotopic abundances and having upper and lower atomic-weight bounds determined by the Commission from evaluated, peer-reviewed, published data, <em>e.g.</em> hydrogen (<a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_fig_001" class="link link-fig" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_001">Fig. 1</a>). These elements have a pink background for each element cell on the IUPAC Periodic Table of the Isotopes [14].</p> </div></li></ol></p> <p>The Commission uses the footnote “g” to identify chemical elements for which the recommended standard atomic weight and its associated uncertainty do not include all known variations. For example, some elements are anomalously enriched in fissionogenic or nucleogenic isotopes at the Oklo natural nuclear reactor site in Gabon, Africa, and their atomic weights in those materials are not included in the determination of the standard atomic weight. For elements in categories 3 and 4, the Commission uses the footnote “m” to identify those for which the standard atomic weight and its associated uncertainty in commercially available material do not include variations due to undisclosed or inadvertent isotopic fractionation. Minor periodic changes to the standard-atomic-weight values and uncertainties result from improved measurements of the atomic masses, and these changes primarily affect category 2 elements.</p> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_006"> <h3 class="subheading">1.4 Atomic-weight intervals</h3> <p>Atomic weights calculated from published variations in isotopic compositions for some elements can span relatively large intervals. For example, the atomic weight of carbon in normal materials spans the interval from 12.0096 to 12.0116, whereas the uncertainty of the atomic weight calculated from the best measurement of the isotopic abundance of carbon is approximately thirty times smaller [9, 18]; <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(C)=12.011 09(3). The span of atomic-weight values in normal materials is termed the interval. The interval [<em>a</em>, <em>b</em>] is the set of values <em>x</em> for which <em>a</em>≤<em>x</em>≤<em>b</em>, where <em>b>a</em> and where <em>a</em> and <em>b</em> are the lower and upper bounds, respectively [19]. Neither the upper nor lower bounds have any uncertainty associated with them; each is a considered decision by the Commission based on professional evaluation and judgment. Writing the standard atomic weight of carbon as “[12.0096, 12.0116]” indicates that its atomic weight in any normal material will be greater than or equal to 12.0096 and will be less than or equal to 12.0116. Thus, the atomic-weight interval is said to encompass atomic-weight values of all normal materials. The range of an interval is the difference between <em>b</em> and <em>a</em>, that is <em>b</em>–<em>a</em> [19]; thus, the range of the atomic-weight interval of carbon is calculated as 12.0116–12.0096=0.0020. The interval designation does not imply any statistical distribution of atomic-weight values between the lower and upper bounds (<em>e.g.</em> the mean of <em>a</em> and <em>b</em> is not necessarily the most likely value). Similarly, the interval does not convey a simple statistical representation of uncertainty. In the 2009 Table of Standard Atomic Weights, the interval was signified by [<em>a</em>; <em>b</em>]. With the 2012 correction of “<em>International vocabulary of metrology – Basic and general concepts and associated terms</em>” [19], the symbol for expressing an interval in English language publications has changed from [<em>a</em>; <em>b</em>] to [<em>a</em>, <em>b</em>].</p> <p>The lower bound of an atomic-weight interval is determined from the lowest atomic weight determined by the Commission’s evaluations and it takes into account the uncertainty of the measurement. Commonly, an isotope-delta measurement [20–22] is the basis for the determination of the atomic-weight bound [23]. The isotope delta is obtained from isotope-number ratio <em>R</em>(<sup><em>i</em></sup>E, <sup><em>j</em></sup>E)<sub>P</sub></p> <div class="formula" id="j_pac-2015-0305_eq_003"> <span class="label">(3)</span> <span class="alternatives"> <mml:math xmlns:env="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dgror="http://degruyter.com/resources/fetched-ror-id" xmlns:m="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" display="block"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>( </mml:mn> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>, </mml:mtext> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mtext>E</mml:mtext> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mi> </mml:mi> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mfrac> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mprescripts></mml:mprescripts> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mtext>E</mml:mtext> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>P</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfrac> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtd> <mml:mtext> (3)</mml:mtext> </mml:mtd> </mml:math> </span> </div> <p>where <em>N</em>(<sup><em>i</em></sup>E)<sub>P</sub> and <em>N</em>(<sup><em>j</em></sup>E)<sub>P</sub> are the numbers of each isotope, and <sup><em>i</em></sup>E denotes the higher (superscript <em>i</em>) and <sup><em>j</em></sup>E the lower (superscript <em>j</em>) atomic mass number of chemical element E in substance P. The isotope-delta value (symbol <em>δ</em>), also called the relative isotope-ratio difference, is a differential measurement obtained from isotope-number ratios of substance P and a reference material Ref.</p> <div class="formula" id="j_pac-2015-0305_eq_004"> <span class="label">(4)</span> <span class="alternatives"> <mml:math xmlns:env="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dgror="http://degruyter.com/resources/fetched-ror-id" xmlns:m="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" display="block"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>δ</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>( </mml:mn> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>, </mml:mtext> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>P,</mml:mtext> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:mi>e</mml:mi> <mml:mi>f</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mfrac> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>( </mml:mn> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>, </mml:mtext> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>P</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>−</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>, </mml:mtext> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mtext>E</mml:mtext> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>Ref</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>( </mml:mn> <mml:mi>i</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext>, </mml:mtext> <mml:mi>j</mml:mi> </mml:msup> <mml:mtext>E</mml:mtext> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>Ref</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfrac> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtd> <mml:mtext> (4)</mml:mtext> </mml:mtd> </mml:math> </span> </div> <p>A more convenient short-hand notation for isotope-delta value is typically found in scientific publications; <em>δ</em>(<sup><em>i</em></sup>E, <sup><em>j</em></sup>E)<sub>P,Ref</sub> is shortened to <em>δ</em><sup><em>i</em></sup>E<sub>Ref</sub> or to <em>δ</em><sup><em>i</em></sup>E. For example, <em>δ</em>(<sup>13</sup>C, <sup>12</sup>C)<sub>P,VPDB</sub> is shortened to either <em>δ</em><sup>13</sup>C<sub>VPDB</sub> or <em>δ</em><sup>13</sup>C [20, 22], where VPDB is the Vienna Peedee belemnite–LSVEC scale for carbon isotope-delta measurements [22].</p> <p>Isotope-delta values are small numbers and therefore frequently presented in multiples of 10<sup>–3</sup> or per mil (symbol ‰). To match an isotope-delta scale of an element to an isotope-amount scale (both shown in <a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_fig_001" class="link link-fig" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_001">Figs. 1</a>–<a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_fig_012" class="link link-fig" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_012">12</a>), a substance is needed whose carbon isotopic abundances and whose isotope-delta value is also well known relative to the isotope-delta scale. Commonly this substance is an isotopic reference material that has served as the “best measurement” for determination of isotopic abundance [9]. For example, consider carbon shown in <a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_fig_004" class="link link-fig" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_004">Fig. 4</a>. The <em>x</em>(<sup>13</sup>C) scale is matched to the <em>δ</em><sup>13</sup>C<sub>VPDB</sub> scale through measurement of the isotopic reference material NBS 19 calcium carbonate, which has been assigned the consensus <em>δ</em><sup>13</sup>C<sub>VPDB</sub> value of +1.95‰ [41]. The carbon isotope number ratio, <em>R</em>(<sup>13</sup>C, <sup>12</sup>C), of NBS 19 has been measured by Chang and Li [18] and is 0.011 202(28), and this measurement serves as the “best measurement” of a single terrestrial source [9]. VPDB is the zero point on the carbon isotope-delta scale and therefore <em>δ</em><sup>13</sup>C<sub>VPDB</sub>=0. Hence,</p> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_001"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_019.jpg" alt="Fig. 1: 
						Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected hydrogen-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). VSMOW is the Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water–Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation scale [24]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The δ2H scale and the 2H amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Hagemann et al. [25]. The expanded uncertainty in matching the atomic-weight and the 2H amount-fraction scales with the δ2H scale is equivalent to 0.3‰.
					"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 1:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected hydrogen-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). VSMOW is the Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water–Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation scale [24]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The <em>δ</em><sup>2</sup>H scale and the <sup>2</sup>H amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Hagemann <em>et al</em>. [25]. The expanded uncertainty in matching the atomic-weight and the <sup>2</sup>H amount-fraction scales with the <em>δ</em><sup>2</sup>H scale is equivalent to 0.3‰.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_002"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_020.jpg" alt="Fig. 2: 
						Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected lithium-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). LSVEC is the lithium carbonate isotopic reference material [26]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The δ7Li scale and the 7Li amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Qi et al. [27]. The expanded uncertainty in matching the atomic-weight and 7Li amount-fraction scales with the δ7Li scale is equivalent to 3‰.
					"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 2:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected lithium-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). LSVEC is the lithium carbonate isotopic reference material [26]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The <em>δ</em><sup>7</sup>Li scale and the <sup>7</sup>Li amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Qi <em>et al</em>. [27]. The expanded uncertainty in matching the atomic-weight and <sup>7</sup>Li amount-fraction scales with the <em>δ</em><sup>7</sup>Li scale is equivalent to 3‰.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_003"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_021.jpg" alt="Fig. 3: 
						Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected boron-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). SRM 951 is a boric acid isotopic reference material [26]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The δ11B scale and 11B amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Catanzaro et al. [28]. The expanded uncertainty in matching the atomic-weight and 11B amount-fraction scales with the δ11B scale is equivalent to 0.8‰.
					"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 3:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected boron-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). SRM 951 is a boric acid isotopic reference material [26]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The <em>δ</em><sup>11</sup>B scale and <sup>11</sup>B amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Catanzaro <em>et al</em>. [28]. The expanded uncertainty in matching the atomic-weight and <sup>11</sup>B amount-fraction scales with the <em>δ</em><sup>11</sup>B scale is equivalent to 0.8‰.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_004"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_022.jpg" alt="Fig. 4: 
						Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected carbon-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). VPDB is the Vienna Peedee belemnite–LSVEC isotope scale [24]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The δ13C scale and 13C amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Chang and Li [18]. The expanded uncertainty in matching the atomic-weight and 13C amount-fraction scales with the δ13C scale is equivalent to 2.5‰.
					"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 4:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected carbon-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). VPDB is the Vienna Peedee belemnite–LSVEC isotope scale [24]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The <em>δ</em><sup>13</sup>C scale and <sup>13</sup>C amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Chang and Li [18]. The expanded uncertainty in matching the atomic-weight and <sup>13</sup>C amount-fraction scales with the <em>δ</em><sup>13</sup>C scale is equivalent to 2.5‰.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_005"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_023.jpg" alt="Fig. 5: 
						Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected nitrogen-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The δ15N scale and 15N amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Junk and Svec [29]. The expanded uncertainty in the atomic-weight and 15N amount-fraction scales with the δ15N scale is equivalent to 1.1‰.
					"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 5:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected nitrogen-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The <em>δ</em><sup>15</sup>N scale and <sup>15</sup>N amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Junk and Svec [29]. The expanded uncertainty in the atomic-weight and <sup>15</sup>N amount-fraction scales with the <em>δ</em><sup>15</sup>N scale is equivalent to 1.1‰.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_006"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_024.jpg" alt="Fig. 6: 
						Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight composition of selected oxygen-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). VSMOW is the Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water–Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation scale [24] and VPDB is the Vienna Peedee belemnite–LSVEC isotope scale [24]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The δ18O scale (or δ18/16O scale, for completeness) and 18O amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Li et al. [30] and Baertschi [31]. The expanded uncertainty in the atomic-weight and 18O amount-fraction scales with the δ18O scale is equivalent to 0.3‰.
					"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 6:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight composition of selected oxygen-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). VSMOW is the Vienna Standard Mean Ocean Water–Standard Light Antarctic Precipitation scale [24] and VPDB is the Vienna Peedee belemnite–LSVEC isotope scale [24]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The <em>δ</em><sup>18</sup>O scale (or <em>δ</em><sup>18/16</sup>O scale, for completeness) and <sup>18</sup>O amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Li <em>et al</em>. [30] and Baertschi [31]. The expanded uncertainty in the atomic-weight and <sup>18</sup>O amount-fraction scales with the <em>δ</em><sup>18</sup>O scale is equivalent to 0.3‰.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_007"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_025.jpg" alt="Fig. 7: 
						Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of magnesium in selected magnesium-bearing materials (modified from [23, 43]). The δ26/24Mg measurements are expressed relative to the reference material DSM3 because many materials were measured relative to it [32]. However, DSM3 is not recommended as the international measurement standard for the δ26/24Mg scale because the supply is exhausted. The δ26/24Mg scale and 26Mg amount-fraction scales were matched using data from [32]. The expanded uncertainty in matching the atomic-weight and 26Mg amount-fraction scales with the δ26/24Mg scale is equivalent to 1.1‰.
					"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 7:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of magnesium in selected magnesium-bearing materials (modified from [23, 43]). The <em>δ</em><sup>26/24</sup>Mg measurements are expressed relative to the reference material DSM3 because many materials were measured relative to it [32]. However, DSM3 is not recommended as the international measurement standard for the <em>δ</em><sup>26/24</sup>Mg scale because the supply is exhausted. The <em>δ</em><sup>26/24</sup>Mg scale and <sup>26</sup>Mg amount-fraction scales were matched using data from [32]. The expanded uncertainty in matching the atomic-weight and <sup>26</sup>Mg amount-fraction scales with the <em>δ</em><sup>26/24</sup>Mg scale is equivalent to 1.1‰.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_008"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_026.jpg" alt="Fig. 8: 
						Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected silicon-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). The isotopic reference material NBS 28 is optical quartz [26]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The δ30Si scale (or δ30/28Si scale, for completeness) and 30Si amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of De Bièvre et al. [33] and a δ30Si value for IRMM-017 of –1.3‰ relative to NBS 28 [26]. The expanded uncertainty in the atomic-weight and 30Si amount-fraction scales with the δ30Si scale is equivalent to 0.23‰.
					"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 8:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected silicon-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). The isotopic reference material NBS 28 is optical quartz [26]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The <em>δ</em><sup>30</sup>Si scale (or <em>δ</em><sup>30/28</sup>Si scale, for completeness) and <sup>30</sup>Si amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of De Bièvre <em>et al</em>. [33] and a <em>δ</em><sup>30</sup>Si value for IRMM-017 of –1.3‰ relative to NBS 28 [26]. The expanded uncertainty in the atomic-weight and <sup>30</sup>Si amount-fraction scales with the <em>δ</em><sup>30</sup>Si scale is equivalent to 0.23‰.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_009"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_027.jpg" alt="Fig. 9: 
						Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected sulfur-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). VCDT is Vienna Cañon Diablo troilite [26]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The δ34S scale (or δ34/32S scale, for completeness) and 34S amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Ding et al. [34]. The expanded uncertainty in the atomic-weight and 34S amount-fraction scales with the δ34S scale is equivalent to 0.2‰.
					"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 9:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected sulfur-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). VCDT is Vienna Cañon Diablo troilite [26]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The <em>δ</em><sup>34</sup>S scale (or <em>δ</em><sup>34/32</sup>S scale, for completeness) and <sup>34</sup>S amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Ding <em>et al</em>. [34]. The expanded uncertainty in the atomic-weight and <sup>34</sup>S amount-fraction scales with the <em>δ</em><sup>34</sup>S scale is equivalent to 0.2‰.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_010"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_028.jpg" alt="Fig. 10: 
						Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected chlorine-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). SMOC is Standard Mean Ocean Chloride [26]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The δ37Cl scale and the 37Cl amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Shields et al. [35] and Xiao et al. [36]. The expanded uncertainty in the atomic-weight and 37Cl amount-fraction scales with the δ37Cl scale is equivalent to 2.5‰.
					"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 10:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of selected chlorine-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]). SMOC is Standard Mean Ocean Chloride [26]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The <em>δ</em><sup>37</sup>Cl scale and the <sup>37</sup>Cl amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Shields <em>et al</em>. [35] and Xiao <em>et al</em>. [36]. The expanded uncertainty in the atomic-weight and <sup>37</sup>Cl amount-fraction scales with the <em>δ</em><sup>37</sup>Cl scale is equivalent to 2.5‰.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_011"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_029.jpg" alt="Fig. 11: 
						Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of bromine in selected bromine-bearing materials (modified from [10]). SMOB is Standard Mean Ocean Bromide [24]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The δ81Br scale and the 81Br amount-fraction scale were matched using data from [37, 38]. The expanded uncertainty in matching the atomic-weight and 81Br amount-fraction scales with the δ81Br scale is equivalent to 1.1‰.
					"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 11:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Variation in isotopic composition and atomic weight of bromine in selected bromine-bearing materials (modified from [10]). SMOB is Standard Mean Ocean Bromide [24]. Isotopic reference materials are designated by solid black circles. The <em>δ</em><sup>81</sup>Br scale and the <sup>81</sup>Br amount-fraction scale were matched using data from [37, 38]. The expanded uncertainty in matching the atomic-weight and <sup>81</sup>Br amount-fraction scales with the <em>δ</em><sup>81</sup>Br scale is equivalent to 1.1‰.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_012"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_030.jpg" alt="Fig. 12: 
						Variation in atomic weight with isotopic composition of selected thallium-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]. The reference material SRM 997 is elemental thallium metal [26]. An isotopic reference material is designated by a solid black circle. The δ205Tl scale and the 205Tl amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Dunstan et al. [39] and Rosman and Taylor [40]. The expanded uncertainty in the atomic-weight and 205Tl amount-fraction scales with the δ205Tl scale is equivalent to 0.4‰.
					"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 12:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Variation in atomic weight with isotopic composition of selected thallium-bearing materials (modified from [10, 23]. The reference material SRM 997 is elemental thallium metal [26]. An isotopic reference material is designated by a solid black circle. The <em>δ</em><sup>205</sup>Tl scale and the <sup>205</sup>Tl amount-fraction scale were matched using the data of Dunstan <em>et al</em>. [39] and Rosman and Taylor [40]. The expanded uncertainty in the atomic-weight and <sup>205</sup>Tl amount-fraction scales with the <em>δ</em><sup>205</sup>Tl scale is equivalent to 0.4‰.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <div class="formula" id="j_pac-2015-0305_eq_005"> <span class="label">(5)</span> <span class="alternatives"> <mml:math xmlns:env="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dgror="http://degruyter.com/resources/fetched-ror-id" xmlns:m="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" display="block"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>13</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>12</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mn>0.011</mml:mn> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo> </mml:mo> <mml:mn>202</mml:mn> <mml:mo>/</mml:mo> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo> </mml:mo> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo> </mml:mo> <mml:mn>1.95</mml:mn> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo> </mml:mo> <mml:mo>×</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo> </mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.001</mml:mn> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mn>0.011</mml:mn> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo> </mml:mo> <mml:mn>180</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtd> <mml:mtext> (5)</mml:mtext> </mml:mtd> </mml:math> </span> </div> <p>because ‰=0.001. Therefore, ignoring the uncertainty (discussed below), the relation between carbon isotope-delta values and <sup>13</sup>C amount fractions is</p> <div class="formula" id="j_pac-2015-0305_eq_006"> <span class="label">(6)</span> <span class="alternatives"> <mml:math xmlns:env="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dgror="http://degruyter.com/resources/fetched-ror-id" xmlns:m="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" display="block"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>x</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mtext>C</mml:mtext> <mml:mprescripts></mml:mprescripts> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>13</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>P</mml:mtext> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mfrac> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mfrac> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:msup> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>13</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mo>,</mml:mo> <mml:msup> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>12</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>V</mml:mi> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> <mml:mi>D</mml:mi> <mml:mi>B</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo>⋅</mml:mo> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mn>1</mml:mn> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>+</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mi>δ</mml:mi> <mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:mtext>C</mml:mtext> <mml:mprescripts></mml:mprescripts> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>13</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:mmultiscripts> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mtext>P,VPDB</mml:mtext> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfrac> </mml:mrow> </mml:mfrac> <mml:mi> </mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtd> <mml:mtext> (6)</mml:mtext> </mml:mtd> </mml:math> </span> </div> <p>For example, consider the material with the lowest measured <sup>13</sup>C abundance (<a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_fig_004" class="link link-fig" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_004">Fig. 4</a>), which is crocetane (2,6,11,15-tetramethylhexadecane), produced at cold seeps of the eastern Aleutian subduction zone, having a published <em>δ</em><sup>13</sup>C<sub>VPDB</sub> value of –(130.3±0.3) ‰ [42]. The <em>x</em>(<sup>13</sup>C) value of this specimen is found using equation (6) and is 0.009 630(3). The atomic weight of this specimen is calculated from equation (2) using the <sup>12</sup>C and <sup>13</sup>C isotopic abundances in the specimen (1 – 0.009 630(3) and 0.009 630(3), respectively), and the atomic-weight values of <sup>12</sup>C and <sup>13</sup>C isotopes, which are 12 and 13.003 354 835(2) [16], respectively. For this material, <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(C)=12.009 662(3).</p> <p>If material P is the normal material having the lowest atomic weight of element E, then</p> <div class="formula" id="j_pac-2015-0305_eq_007"> <span class="label">(7)</span> <span class="alternatives"> <mml:math xmlns:env="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dgror="http://degruyter.com/resources/fetched-ror-id" xmlns:m="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" display="block"> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>l</mml:mi> <mml:mi>o</mml:mi> <mml:mi>w</mml:mi> <mml:mi>e</mml:mi> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mi>b</mml:mi> <mml:mi>o</mml:mi> <mml:mi>u</mml:mi> <mml:mi>n</mml:mi> <mml:mi>d</mml:mi> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mi>l</mml:mi> <mml:mi>o</mml:mi> <mml:mi>w</mml:mi> <mml:mi>e</mml:mi> <mml:mi>s</mml:mi> <mml:mi>t</mml:mi> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>A</mml:mi> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mo>–</mml:mo> <mml:mtext> </mml:mtext> <mml:mi>U</mml:mi> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mo stretchy="false">[</mml:mo> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>A</mml:mi> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:mn>(</mml:mn> <mml:mi>E</mml:mi> <mml:mn>)</mml:mn> <mml:mo stretchy="false">]</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> </mml:msub> </mml:mrow> <mml:mtd> <mml:mtext> (7)</mml:mtext> </mml:mtd> </mml:math> </span> </div> <p>where <em>U</em>[<em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E)]<sub>P</sub> is the combined uncertainty that incorporates the uncertainty in the measurement of the delta value of material P and the uncertainty in relating the delta-value scale to the isotope-amount fraction and atomic-weight scales. The latter is the uncertainty in relating an isotope-delta scale to an atomic-weight scale.</p> </section> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_007"> <h2 class="subheading">2 The table of standard atomic weights</h2> <p>The Table of Standard Atomic Weights 2013 is given in the order of atomic number (<a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_tab_001" class="link link-table" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_tab_001">Table 1</a>) and it replaces the Table of Standard Atomic Weights 2011 [43]. With minor exceptions covered by footnotes, the Table of Standard Atomic Weights is intended to apply to all normal terrestrial materials as well as materials in commerce, samples found in laboratories involved in chemical investigations, and samples in technological applications. The Table of Standard Atomic Weights does not apply to extraterrestrial materials nor to materials with deliberately altered isotopic compositions.</p> <div class="table-wrap mb-4" id="j_pac-2015-0305_tab_001" position="float" orientation="portrait"> <div class="table-label h3">Table 1</div> <div class="caption mb-3"> <p>Standard atomic weights 2013. Atomic weights are scaled to <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(<sup>12</sup>C)=12, where <sup>12</sup>C is a neutral atom in its nuclear and electronic ground state. The atomic weights, <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E), of many elements vary because of variations in the abundances of their isotopes in normal materials. For 12 such elements, an atomic-weight interval is given with the symbol [<em>a</em>, <em>b</em>] to denote the set of atomic-weight values in normal materials; thus, <em>a</em>≤<em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E)≤<em>b</em> for element E. If a more accurate <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E) value for a specific material is required, it should be determined. For 72 elements, <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E) values and their evaluated uncertainties (in parentheses, following the last significant digit to which they are attributed) are given. The footnotes to this table elaborate the types of variation that may occur for individual elements and that may lie outside the values listed. Names and symbols of elements with atomic number 113, 115, 117, and 118 are provisional; they have been reported in the peer-reviewed, scientific literature, but they have not yet been officially named.</p> </div> <table xmlns:env="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dgror="http://degruyter.com/resources/fetched-ror-id" xmlns:m="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rules="groups" frame="hsides" class="content-table"> <thead> <tr> <th style="text-align: left">Element name</th> <th style="text-align: left">Symbol</th> <th style="text-align: right">Atomic number</th> <th style="text-align: left">Standard atomic weight</th> <th style="text-align: right">See also figure</th> <th style="text-align: left">Footnotes</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">hydrogen</td> <td style="text-align: left">H</td> <td style="text-align: right">1</td> <td style="text-align: left">[1.007 84, 1.008 11]</td> <td style="text-align: right">1</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">helium</td> <td style="text-align: left">He</td> <td style="text-align: right">2</td> <td style="text-align: left">4.002 602(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">lithium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Li</td> <td style="text-align: right">3</td> <td style="text-align: left">[6.938, 6.997]</td> <td style="text-align: right">2</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">beryllium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Be</td> <td style="text-align: right">4</td> <td style="text-align: left">9.012 1831(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">boron</td> <td style="text-align: left">B</td> <td style="text-align: right">5</td> <td style="text-align: left">[10.806, 10.821]</td> <td style="text-align: right">3</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">carbon</td> <td style="text-align: left">C</td> <td style="text-align: right">6</td> <td style="text-align: left">[12.0096, 12.0116]</td> <td style="text-align: right">4</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">nitrogen</td> <td style="text-align: left">N</td> <td style="text-align: right">7</td> <td style="text-align: left">[14.006 43, 14.007 28]</td> <td style="text-align: right">5</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">oxygen</td> <td style="text-align: left">O</td> <td style="text-align: right">8</td> <td style="text-align: left">[15.999 03, 15.999 77]</td> <td style="text-align: right">6</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">fluorine</td> <td style="text-align: left">F</td> <td style="text-align: right">9</td> <td style="text-align: left">18.998 403 163(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">neon</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ne</td> <td style="text-align: right">10</td> <td style="text-align: left">20.1797(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">sodium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Na</td> <td style="text-align: right">11</td> <td style="text-align: left">22.989 769 28(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">magnesium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Mg</td> <td style="text-align: right">12</td> <td style="text-align: left">[24.304, 24.307]</td> <td style="text-align: right">7</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">aluminium (aluminum)</td> <td style="text-align: left">Al</td> <td style="text-align: right">13</td> <td style="text-align: left">26.981 5385(7)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">silicon</td> <td style="text-align: left">Si</td> <td style="text-align: right">14</td> <td style="text-align: left">[28.084, 28.086]</td> <td style="text-align: right">8</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">phosphorus</td> <td style="text-align: left">P</td> <td style="text-align: right">15</td> <td style="text-align: left">30.973 761 998(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">sulfur</td> <td style="text-align: left">S</td> <td style="text-align: right">16</td> <td style="text-align: left">[32.059, 32.076]</td> <td style="text-align: right">9</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">chlorine</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cl</td> <td style="text-align: right">17</td> <td style="text-align: left">[35.446, 35.457]</td> <td style="text-align: right">10</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">argon</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ar</td> <td style="text-align: right">18</td> <td style="text-align: left">39.948(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">potassium</td> <td style="text-align: left">K</td> <td style="text-align: right">19</td> <td style="text-align: left">39.0983(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">calcium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ca</td> <td style="text-align: right">20</td> <td style="text-align: left">40.078(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">scandium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sc</td> <td style="text-align: right">21</td> <td style="text-align: left">44.955 908(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">titanium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ti</td> <td style="text-align: right">22</td> <td style="text-align: left">47.867(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">vanadium</td> <td style="text-align: left">V</td> <td style="text-align: right">23</td> <td style="text-align: left">50.9415(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">chromium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cr</td> <td style="text-align: right">24</td> <td style="text-align: left">51.9961(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">manganese</td> <td style="text-align: left">Mn</td> <td style="text-align: right">25</td> <td style="text-align: left">54.938 044(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">iron</td> <td style="text-align: left">Fe</td> <td style="text-align: right">26</td> <td style="text-align: left">55.845(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">cobalt</td> <td style="text-align: left">Co</td> <td style="text-align: right">27</td> <td style="text-align: left">58.933 194(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">nickel</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ni</td> <td style="text-align: right">28</td> <td style="text-align: left">58.6934(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">copper</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cu</td> <td style="text-align: right">29</td> <td style="text-align: left">63.546(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">zinc</td> <td style="text-align: left">Zn</td> <td style="text-align: right">30</td> <td style="text-align: left">65.38(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">gallium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ga</td> <td style="text-align: right">31</td> <td style="text-align: left">69.723(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">germanium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ge</td> <td style="text-align: right">32</td> <td style="text-align: left">72.630(8)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">arsenic</td> <td style="text-align: left">As</td> <td style="text-align: right">33</td> <td style="text-align: left">74.921 595(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">selenium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Se</td> <td style="text-align: right">34</td> <td style="text-align: left">78.971(8)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">bromine</td> <td style="text-align: left">Br</td> <td style="text-align: right">35</td> <td style="text-align: left">[79.901, 79.907]</td> <td style="text-align: right">11</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">krypton</td> <td style="text-align: left">Kr</td> <td style="text-align: right">36</td> <td style="text-align: left">83.798(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">rubidium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rb</td> <td style="text-align: right">37</td> <td style="text-align: left">85.4678(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">strontium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sr</td> <td style="text-align: right">38</td> <td style="text-align: left">87.62(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">yttrium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Y</td> <td style="text-align: right">39</td> <td style="text-align: left">88.905 84(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">zirconium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Zr</td> <td style="text-align: right">40</td> <td style="text-align: left">91.224(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">niobium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Nb</td> <td style="text-align: right">41</td> <td style="text-align: left">92.906 37(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">molybdenum</td> <td style="text-align: left">Mo</td> <td style="text-align: right">42</td> <td style="text-align: left">95.95(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">technetium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Tc</td> <td style="text-align: right">43</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">ruthenium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ru</td> <td style="text-align: right">44</td> <td style="text-align: left">101.07(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">rhodium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rh</td> <td style="text-align: right">45</td> <td style="text-align: left">102.905 50(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">palladium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pd</td> <td style="text-align: right">46</td> <td style="text-align: left">106.42(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">silver</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ag</td> <td style="text-align: right">47</td> <td style="text-align: left">107.8682(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">cadmium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cd</td> <td style="text-align: right">48</td> <td style="text-align: left">112.414(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">indium</td> <td style="text-align: left">In</td> <td style="text-align: right">49</td> <td style="text-align: left">114.818(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">tin</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sn</td> <td style="text-align: right">50</td> <td style="text-align: left">118.710(7)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">antimony</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sb</td> <td style="text-align: right">51</td> <td style="text-align: left">121.760(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">tellurium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Te</td> <td style="text-align: right">52</td> <td style="text-align: left">127.60(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">iodine</td> <td style="text-align: left">I</td> <td style="text-align: right">53</td> <td style="text-align: left">126.904 47(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">xenon</td> <td style="text-align: left">Xe</td> <td style="text-align: right">54</td> <td style="text-align: left">131.293(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">caesium (cesium)</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cs</td> <td style="text-align: right">55</td> <td style="text-align: left">132.905 451 96(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">barium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ba</td> <td style="text-align: right">56</td> <td style="text-align: left">137.327(7)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">lanthanum</td> <td style="text-align: left">La</td> <td style="text-align: right">57</td> <td style="text-align: left">138.905 47(7)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">cerium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ce</td> <td style="text-align: right">58</td> <td style="text-align: left">140.116(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">praseodymium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pr</td> <td style="text-align: right">59</td> <td style="text-align: left">140.907 66(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">neodymium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Nd</td> <td style="text-align: right">60</td> <td style="text-align: left">144.242(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">promethium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pm</td> <td style="text-align: right">61</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">samarium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sm</td> <td style="text-align: right">62</td> <td style="text-align: left">150.36(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">europium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Eu</td> <td style="text-align: right">63</td> <td style="text-align: left">151.964(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">gadolinium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Gd</td> <td style="text-align: right">64</td> <td style="text-align: left">157.25(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">terbium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Tb</td> <td style="text-align: right">65</td> <td style="text-align: left">158.925 35(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">dysprosium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Dy</td> <td style="text-align: right">66</td> <td style="text-align: left">162.500(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">holmium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ho</td> <td style="text-align: right">67</td> <td style="text-align: left">164.930 33(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">erbium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Er</td> <td style="text-align: right">68</td> <td style="text-align: left">167.259(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">thulium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Tm</td> <td style="text-align: right">69</td> <td style="text-align: left">168.934 22(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">ytterbium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Yb</td> <td style="text-align: right">70</td> <td style="text-align: left">173.054(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">lutetium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Lu</td> <td style="text-align: right">71</td> <td style="text-align: left">174.9668(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">hafnium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Hf</td> <td style="text-align: right">72</td> <td style="text-align: left">178.49(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">tantalum</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ta</td> <td style="text-align: right">73</td> <td style="text-align: left">180.947 88(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">tungsten</td> <td style="text-align: left">W</td> <td style="text-align: right">74</td> <td style="text-align: left">183.84(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">rhenium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Re</td> <td style="text-align: right">75</td> <td style="text-align: left">186.207(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">osmium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Os</td> <td style="text-align: right">76</td> <td style="text-align: left">190.23(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">iridium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ir</td> <td style="text-align: right">77</td> <td style="text-align: left">192.217(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">platinum</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pt</td> <td style="text-align: right">78</td> <td style="text-align: left">195.084(9)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">gold</td> <td style="text-align: left">Au</td> <td style="text-align: right">79</td> <td style="text-align: left">196.966 569(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">mercury</td> <td style="text-align: left">Hg</td> <td style="text-align: right">80</td> <td style="text-align: left">200.592(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">thallium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Tl</td> <td style="text-align: right">81</td> <td style="text-align: left">[204.382, 204.385]</td> <td style="text-align: right">12</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">lead</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pb</td> <td style="text-align: right">82</td> <td style="text-align: left">207.2(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">bismuth*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Bi</td> <td style="text-align: right">83</td> <td style="text-align: left">208.980 40(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">polonium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Po</td> <td style="text-align: right">84</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">astatine*</td> <td style="text-align: left">At</td> <td style="text-align: right">85</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">radon*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rn</td> <td style="text-align: right">86</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">francium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Fr</td> <td style="text-align: right">87</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">radium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ra</td> <td style="text-align: right">88</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">actinium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ac</td> <td style="text-align: right">89</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">thorium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Th</td> <td style="text-align: right">90</td> <td style="text-align: left">232.0377(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">protactinium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pa</td> <td style="text-align: right">91</td> <td style="text-align: left">231.035 88(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">uranium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">U</td> <td style="text-align: right">92</td> <td style="text-align: left">238.028 91(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left">g m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">neptunium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Np</td> <td style="text-align: right">93</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">plutonium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pu</td> <td style="text-align: right">94</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">americium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Am</td> <td style="text-align: right">95</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">curium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cm</td> <td style="text-align: right">96</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">berkelium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Bk</td> <td style="text-align: right">97</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">californium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cf</td> <td style="text-align: right">98</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">einsteinium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Es</td> <td style="text-align: right">99</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">fermium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Fm</td> <td style="text-align: right">100</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">mendelevium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Md</td> <td style="text-align: right">101</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">nobelium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">No</td> <td style="text-align: right">102</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">lawrencium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Lr</td> <td style="text-align: right">103</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">rutherfordium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rf</td> <td style="text-align: right">104</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">dubnium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Db</td> <td style="text-align: right">105</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">seaborgium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sg</td> <td style="text-align: right">106</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">bohrium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Bh</td> <td style="text-align: right">107</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">hassium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Hs</td> <td style="text-align: right">108</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">meitnerium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Mt</td> <td style="text-align: right">109</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">darmstadtium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ds</td> <td style="text-align: right">110</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">roentgenium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rg</td> <td style="text-align: right">111</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">copernicium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cn</td> <td style="text-align: right">112</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">ununtrium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Uut</td> <td style="text-align: right">113</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">flerovium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Fl</td> <td style="text-align: right">114</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">ununpentium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Uup</td> <td style="text-align: right">115</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">livermorium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Lv</td> <td style="text-align: right">116</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">ununseptium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Uus</td> <td style="text-align: right">117</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">ununoctium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Uuo</td> <td style="text-align: right">118</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: right"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="table-wrap-foot"> <p>*Element has no stable isotopes. One or more representative isotopes are given in <a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_tab_004" class="link link-table" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_tab_004">Table 4</a> with the appropriate relative atomic mass and half-life. However, four such elements (Bi, Th, Pa, and U) do have a characteristic terrestrial isotopic composition, and for these elements, standard atomic weights are tabulated.</p> <p>g, Geological materials are known in which the element has an isotopic composition outside the limits for normal material. The difference between the atomic weight of the element in such materials and that given in the table may exceed the stated uncertainty.</p> <p>m, Modified isotopic compositions may be found in commercially available material because the material has been subjected to an undisclosed or inadvertent isotopic fractionation. Substantial deviations in atomic weight of the element from that given in the table can occur.</p> <p>r, Range in isotopic composition of normal terrestrial material prevents a more precise standard-atomic weight being given; the tabulated value and uncertainty should be applicable to normal material.</p> </div> </div> <p>To indicate that standard atomic weights of elements with two or more stable isotopes are not constants of nature, the Table of Standard Atomic Weights 2013 lists atomic-weight intervals for the standard atomic weights of 12 such elements (B, Br, C, Cl, H, Li, Mg, N, O, S, Si, and Tl). For each of these elements, a graphical plot of natural variations of isotopic abundances and atomic weights is provided in this report, and figure numbers are provided in <a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_tab_001" class="link link-table" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_tab_001">Table 1</a> for the interested reader.<a class="footnote-ref" style="cursor: help;" id="fnref-j_pac-2015-0305_fn_001" data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-trigger="focus" data-bs-placement="bottom" data-bs-html="true" data-bs-content="
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				" tabindex="0"><sup class="small"><b>[1]</b></sup></a></p> <p>For elements within categories 2 to 5 (see section 1.4 for category descriptions), a decisional uncertainty, <em>U</em>[<em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E)], is given in parentheses following the last significant figure to which it is attributed. The interval <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E)–<em>U</em>[<em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E)] to <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E)+<em>U</em>[<em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E)] may be expected to encompass atomic-weight values of normal materials.</p> <p>For each element for which a change in the standard atomic weight is recommended, the Commission by custom makes a statement on the reason for the change and includes a list of recommended values over a period in excess of the last 100 years, which are taken from Coplen and Peiser [44] and subsequent Commission publications.</p> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_008"> <h2 class="subheading">3 Comments on atomic weights of selected elements</h2> <p>Since the inaugural International Atomic Weights report, published in 1903, the Commission has provided a rationale for the changes in the recommended atomic weights. This description is accompanied by the list of recommended values since 1903. Brief descriptions of the changes to the standard atomic weights resulting from the Commission meeting in 2013 are provided below.</p> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_009"> <h3 class="subheading">3.1 Cadmium</h3> <p>The Commission has changed the recommended value for the standard atomic weight of cadmium, <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(Cd), to 112.414(4) from 112.411(8) based on an evaluation published by Pritzkow <em>et al</em>. [45]. While the majority of atomic-weight determinations of multi-isotopic elements employ a single gravimetrically prepared mixture of two near-pure isotopes, this work is a <em>tour de force</em> of seven near-pure isotopes of cadmium (cadmium has a total of eight stable isotopes). Such an approach, albeit resource-intensive, allows the calibration of mass spectrometers without the reliance on any particular mass-fractionation model. Both multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC-ICP-MS) and thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) were employed in the work of Pritzkow <em>et al</em>. [45]. The annotation “g” refers to anomalous occurrences at the Oklo natural nuclear reactor in Gabon. Historical values of <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(Cd) include [44]: 1902, 112.4; 1909, 112.40; 1925, 112.41; 1961, 112.40; 1969, 112.40(1); 1975, 112.41(1); and 1985, 112.411(8).</p> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_010"> <h3 class="subheading">3.2 Molybdenum</h3> <p>The Commission has changed the recommended value for the standard atomic weight of molybdenum to 95.95(1) from 95.96(2) based on an evaluation published by Mayer and Wieser [46]. The recent evaluation of double-spike mixtures to correct for instrumental mass bias and drift of MC-ICP-MS measurements of NIST SRM 3134 molybdenum standard have revealed a slight bias in the previous value [47], which was based on TIMS measurements. The annotation “g” refers to anomalous occurrences at the Oklo natural nuclear reactor in Gabon. Historical values of <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(Mo) include [7, 44, 48]: 1902, 96.0; 1938, 95.95; 1961, 95.94; 1969, 95.94(3); 1975, 95.94(1); 2001, 95.94(2); and 2007, 95.96(2).</p> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_011"> <h3 class="subheading">3.3 Selenium</h3> <p>The Commission has changed the recommended value for the standard atomic weight of selenium, <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(Se), to 78.971(8) from 78.96(3) based on the work of Wang <em>et al</em>. [49] using MC-ICP-MS. This work represents the first mass spectrometric measurement of selenium accepted by the Commission for the basis of the standard atomic weight. Historical values of <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(Se) include [44]: 1902, 79.1; 1903, 79.2; 1934, 78.96; and 1969, 78.96(3).</p> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_012"> <h3 class="subheading">3.4 Thorium</h3> <p>The Commission has changed the recommended value for the standard atomic weight of thorium to 232.0377(4) from 232.038 06(2) based on an evaluation of the effect of variation in isotopic abundances in normal materials upon the atomic weight of thorium [50–52]. The revised standard atomic weight reflects the significantly increased abundance of <sup>230</sup>Th in deep ocean waters, <em>x</em>(<sup>230</sup>Th)=(100 to 400) μmol per mol, as compared to the minerals and rocks, <em>x</em>(<sup>230</sup>Th)=(2 to 10) μmol per mol. Historical values of <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(Th) include [44, 53]: 1902, 232.5; 1909, 232.42; 1911, 232.4; 1920, 232.15; 1931, 232.12; 1953, 232.05; 1961, 232.038; 1969, 232.0381(1); and 2005, 232.038 06(2).</p> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_013"> <h3 class="subheading">3.5 Uranium</h3> <p>Although the Commission has not changed the standard atomic weight of uranium since 1999, in 2013 it resolved to clarify the recommended standard atomic weight by reporting the associated standard value for the isotope ratio of uranium in naturally occurring terrestrial materials, <em>N</em>(<sup>238</sup>U)/<em>N</em>(<sup>235</sup>U)=137.8(1).</p> </section> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_014"> <h2 class="subheading">4 Elements with revised atomic-mass values (aluminium, arsenic, beryllium, caesium, cobalt, fluorine, gold, holmium, manganese, niobium, phosphorus, praseodymium, scandium, thulium, and yttrium)</h2> <p>In normal materials, there are 19 elements whose standard atomic weight is determined by only one isotope, which is also stable (non-radioactive). Thus, the standard atomic weight for these elements is invariant. These elements are: Be, F, Na, Al, P, Sc, Mn, Co, As, Y, Nb, Rh, I, Cs, Pr, Tb, Ho, Tm, and Au. In addition, two elements, Bi and Pa, have only one isotope that contributes to the standard atomic weight, but that isotope is radioactive. The standard atomic weights of these 21 elements are derived directly from their atomic masses.</p> <p>The 2012 Atomic Mass Evaluation report (AME-2012) contains many advances in the measurement science of atomic masses [15]. The most notable increase in the reported precision of the nuclide masses, which has impact on the atomic-weight values is the 280-fold reduction in the uncertainty of the atomic mass of phosphorus-31. As for the consistency between the values of AME-2003 and AME-2012, the atomic mass of only one stable nuclide, lithium-7, is inconsistent at the 6<em>s</em> level of precision, which is the precision used by the Commission to calculate all standard atomic weights of the elements [54]. The AME-2012 report also provides, for the first time, covariances between the atomic-mass estimates. This allows for proper uncertainty evaluation of nuclide mass ratios with denominator other than carbon-12. Revised standard atomic weights are provided for 15 elements for which there have been improvements in the measurement precision of the atomic-mass values since the previous evaluation.</p> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_015"> <h2 class="subheading">5 Variations in isotopic composition and atomic weights of selected elements</h2> <p>The Commission has provided graphical plots of natural variations in isotopic abundances and atomic weights for all elements whose standard atomic weight is expressed as an interval [10, 43], and these have been updated in <a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_fig_001" class="link link-fig" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_001">Figs. 1</a> through <a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_fig_012" class="link link-fig" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_012">12</a> by addition of isotope-delta axes [24]. These plots may be used to provide information on the likely atomic weight of an element in a given substance. Footnote “m” has been retained for some of these twelve elements to alert the reader that commercial materials can be found that have undergone undisclosed or inadvertent isotopic fractionation. Examples include NO<sub>x</sub> from nitric acid plants, shown in <a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_fig_005" class="link link-fig" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_005">Fig. 5</a> as a left-pointed arrow and a value of –150‰, and carbon dioxide, shown in <a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_fig_006" class="link link-fig" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_006">Fig. 6</a> as a left-pointing arrow and a value of –229‰. Footnotes “g” and “r” no longer apply to these 12 elements [10, 43].</p> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_016"> <h2 class="subheading">6 Abridged table of standard atomic weights</h2> <p>The number of significant digits reported in the full Table of Standard Atomic Weights (<a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_tab_001" class="link link-table" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_tab_001">Table 1</a>) exceeds the needs and the interests of many users. In the past, tables abridged to four and five significant digits have been published with the expectation that subsequent changes to the abridged values will be minimal. Noting that the truncation errors introduced in the four-significant digit table are unacceptable, the Commission resolved that five-digit table is a more appropriate form of abridged representation. Standard atomic weights abridged to five significant digits are presented in <a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_tab_002" class="link link-table" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_tab_002">Table 2</a>. Users seeking an atomic-weight value that is not an interval, such as for trade and commerce, can refer to a conventional atomic-weight value in Section 7.</p> <div class="table-wrap mb-4" id="j_pac-2015-0305_tab_002" position="float" orientation="portrait"> <div class="table-label h3">Table 2</div> <div class="caption mb-3"> <p>Standard atomic weights 2013 abridged to five significant digits. Atomic weights are scaled to <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(<sup>12</sup>C)=12, where <sup>12</sup>C is a neutral atom in its nuclear and electronic ground state. The atomic weights of many elements are not invariant, but depend on the origin and treatment of the material. The standard values of <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E) and the uncertainties (in parentheses, following the last significant digit to which they are attributed) apply to elements from normal materials. The last significant figure of each tabulated value is considered reliable to ±1 except when a larger single digit uncertainty is inserted in parentheses following the atomic weight. For 12 of these elements, the standard atomic weight is given as an atomic-weight interval with the symbol [<em>a</em>, <em>b</em>] to denote the set of atomic-weight values in normal materials; thus, <em>a</em>≤<em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(E)≤<em>b</em>. The symbols <em>a</em> and <em>b</em> denote the lower and upper bounds of the interval [<em>a</em>, <em>b</em>], respectively. Names and symbols of elements with atomic number 113, 115, 117, and 118 are provisional; they have been reported in the peer-reviewed, scientific literature, but they have not yet been officially named.</p> </div> <table xmlns:env="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dgror="http://degruyter.com/resources/fetched-ror-id" xmlns:m="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rules="groups" frame="hsides" class="content-table"> <thead> <tr> <th style="text-align: left">Element name</th> <th style="text-align: left">Symbol</th> <th style="text-align: right">Atomic number</th> <th style="text-align: left">Abridged standard atomic weight</th> <th style="text-align: left">Footnotes</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">hydrogen</td> <td style="text-align: left">H</td> <td style="text-align: right">1</td> <td style="text-align: left">[1.0078, 1.0082]</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">helium</td> <td style="text-align: left">He</td> <td style="text-align: right">2</td> <td style="text-align: left">4.0026</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">lithium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Li</td> <td style="text-align: right">3</td> <td style="text-align: left">[6.938, 6.997]</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">beryllium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Be</td> <td style="text-align: right">4</td> <td style="text-align: left">9.0122</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">boron</td> <td style="text-align: left">B</td> <td style="text-align: right">5</td> <td style="text-align: left">[10.806, 10.821]</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">carbon</td> <td style="text-align: left">C</td> <td style="text-align: right">6</td> <td style="text-align: left">[12.009, 12.012]</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">nitrogen</td> <td style="text-align: left">N</td> <td style="text-align: right">7</td> <td style="text-align: left">[14.006, 14.008]</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">oxygen</td> <td style="text-align: left">O</td> <td style="text-align: right">8</td> <td style="text-align: left">[15.999, 16.000]</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">fluorine</td> <td style="text-align: left">F</td> <td style="text-align: right">9</td> <td style="text-align: left">18.998</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">neon</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ne</td> <td style="text-align: right">10</td> <td style="text-align: left">20.180</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">sodium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Na</td> <td style="text-align: right">11</td> <td style="text-align: left">22.990</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">magnesium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Mg</td> <td style="text-align: right">12</td> <td style="text-align: left">[24.304, 24.307]</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">aluminium (aluminum)</td> <td style="text-align: left">Al</td> <td style="text-align: right">13</td> <td style="text-align: left">26.982</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">silicon</td> <td style="text-align: left">Si</td> <td style="text-align: right">14</td> <td style="text-align: left">[28.084, 28.086]</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">phosphorus</td> <td style="text-align: left">P</td> <td style="text-align: right">15</td> <td style="text-align: left">30.974</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">sulfur</td> <td style="text-align: left">S</td> <td style="text-align: right">16</td> <td style="text-align: left">[32.059, 32.076]</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">chlorine</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cl</td> <td style="text-align: right">17</td> <td style="text-align: left">[35.446, 35.457]</td> <td style="text-align: left">m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">argon</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ar</td> <td style="text-align: right">18</td> <td style="text-align: left">39.948</td> <td style="text-align: left">g r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">potassium</td> <td style="text-align: left">K</td> <td style="text-align: right">19</td> <td style="text-align: left">39.098</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">calcium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ca</td> <td style="text-align: right">20</td> <td style="text-align: left">40.078(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">scandium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sc</td> <td style="text-align: right">21</td> <td style="text-align: left">44.956</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">titanium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ti</td> <td style="text-align: right">22</td> <td style="text-align: left">47.867</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">vanadium</td> <td style="text-align: left">V</td> <td style="text-align: right">23</td> <td style="text-align: left">50.942</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">chromium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cr</td> <td style="text-align: right">24</td> <td style="text-align: left">51.996</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">manganese</td> <td style="text-align: left">Mn</td> <td style="text-align: right">25</td> <td style="text-align: left">54.938</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">iron</td> <td style="text-align: left">Fe</td> <td style="text-align: right">26</td> <td style="text-align: left">55.845(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">cobalt</td> <td style="text-align: left">Co</td> <td style="text-align: right">27</td> <td style="text-align: left">58.933</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">nickel</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ni</td> <td style="text-align: right">28</td> <td style="text-align: left">58.693</td> <td style="text-align: left">r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">copper</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cu</td> <td style="text-align: right">29</td> <td style="text-align: left">63.546(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">zinc</td> <td style="text-align: left">Zn</td> <td style="text-align: right">30</td> <td style="text-align: left">65.38(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">gallium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ga</td> <td style="text-align: right">31</td> <td style="text-align: left">69.723</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">germanium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ge</td> <td style="text-align: right">32</td> <td style="text-align: left">72.630(8)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">arsenic</td> <td style="text-align: left">As</td> <td style="text-align: right">33</td> <td style="text-align: left">74.922</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">selenium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Se</td> <td style="text-align: right">34</td> <td style="text-align: left">78.971(8)</td> <td style="text-align: left">r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">bromine</td> <td style="text-align: left">Br</td> <td style="text-align: right">35</td> <td style="text-align: left">[79.901, 79.907]</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">krypton</td> <td style="text-align: left">Kr</td> <td style="text-align: right">36</td> <td style="text-align: left">83.798(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">g m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">rubidium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rb</td> <td style="text-align: right">37</td> <td style="text-align: left">85.468</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">strontium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sr</td> <td style="text-align: right">38</td> <td style="text-align: left">87.62</td> <td style="text-align: left">g r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">yttrium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Y</td> <td style="text-align: right">39</td> <td style="text-align: left">88.906</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">zirconium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Zr</td> <td style="text-align: right">40</td> <td style="text-align: left">91.224(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">niobium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Nb</td> <td style="text-align: right">41</td> <td style="text-align: left">92.906</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">molybdenum</td> <td style="text-align: left">Mo</td> <td style="text-align: right">42</td> <td style="text-align: left">95.95</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">technetium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Tc</td> <td style="text-align: right">43</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">ruthenium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ru</td> <td style="text-align: right">44</td> <td style="text-align: left">101.07(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">rhodium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rh</td> <td style="text-align: right">45</td> <td style="text-align: left">102.91</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">palladium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pd</td> <td style="text-align: right">46</td> <td style="text-align: left">106.42</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">silver</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ag</td> <td style="text-align: right">47</td> <td style="text-align: left">107.87</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">cadmium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cd</td> <td style="text-align: right">48</td> <td style="text-align: left">112.41</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">indium</td> <td style="text-align: left">In</td> <td style="text-align: right">49</td> <td style="text-align: left">114.82</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">tin</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sn</td> <td style="text-align: right">50</td> <td style="text-align: left">118.71</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">antimony</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sb</td> <td style="text-align: right">51</td> <td style="text-align: left">121.76</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">tellurium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Te</td> <td style="text-align: right">52</td> <td style="text-align: left">127.60(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">iodine</td> <td style="text-align: left">I</td> <td style="text-align: right">53</td> <td style="text-align: left">126.90</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">xenon</td> <td style="text-align: left">Xe</td> <td style="text-align: right">54</td> <td style="text-align: left">131.29</td> <td style="text-align: left">g m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">caesium (cesium)</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cs</td> <td style="text-align: right">55</td> <td style="text-align: left">132.91</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">barium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ba</td> <td style="text-align: right">56</td> <td style="text-align: left">137.33</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">lanthanum</td> <td style="text-align: left">La</td> <td style="text-align: right">57</td> <td style="text-align: left">138.91</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">cerium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ce</td> <td style="text-align: right">58</td> <td style="text-align: left">140.12</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">praseodymium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pr</td> <td style="text-align: right">59</td> <td style="text-align: left">140.91</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">neodymium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Nd</td> <td style="text-align: right">60</td> <td style="text-align: left">144.24</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">promethium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pm</td> <td style="text-align: right">61</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">samarium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sm</td> <td style="text-align: right">62</td> <td style="text-align: left">150.36(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">europium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Eu</td> <td style="text-align: right">63</td> <td style="text-align: left">151.96</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">gadolinium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Gd</td> <td style="text-align: right">64</td> <td style="text-align: left">157.25(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">terbium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Tb</td> <td style="text-align: right">65</td> <td style="text-align: left">158.93</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">dysprosium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Dy</td> <td style="text-align: right">66</td> <td style="text-align: left">162.50</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">holmium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ho</td> <td style="text-align: right">67</td> <td style="text-align: left">164.93</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">erbium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Er</td> <td style="text-align: right">68</td> <td style="text-align: left">167.26</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">thulium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Tm</td> <td style="text-align: right">69</td> <td style="text-align: left">168.93</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">ytterbium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Yb</td> <td style="text-align: right">70</td> <td style="text-align: left">173.05</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">lutetium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Lu</td> <td style="text-align: right">71</td> <td style="text-align: left">174.97</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">hafnium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Hf</td> <td style="text-align: right">72</td> <td style="text-align: left">178.49(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">tantalum</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ta</td> <td style="text-align: right">73</td> <td style="text-align: left">180.95</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">tungsten</td> <td style="text-align: left">W</td> <td style="text-align: right">74</td> <td style="text-align: left">183.84</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">rhenium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Re</td> <td style="text-align: right">75</td> <td style="text-align: left">186.21</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">osmium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Os</td> <td style="text-align: right">76</td> <td style="text-align: left">190.23(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">iridium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ir</td> <td style="text-align: right">77</td> <td style="text-align: left">192.22</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">platinum</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pt</td> <td style="text-align: right">78</td> <td style="text-align: left">195.08</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">gold</td> <td style="text-align: left">Au</td> <td style="text-align: right">79</td> <td style="text-align: left">196.97</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">mercury</td> <td style="text-align: left">Hg</td> <td style="text-align: right">80</td> <td style="text-align: left">200.59</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">thallium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Tl</td> <td style="text-align: right">81</td> <td style="text-align: left">[204.38, 204.39]</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">lead</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pb</td> <td style="text-align: right">82</td> <td style="text-align: left">207.2</td> <td style="text-align: left">g r</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">bismuth*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Bi</td> <td style="text-align: right">83</td> <td style="text-align: left">208.98</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">polonium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Po</td> <td style="text-align: right">84</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">astatine*</td> <td style="text-align: left">At</td> <td style="text-align: right">85</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">radon*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rn</td> <td style="text-align: right">86</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">francium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Fr</td> <td style="text-align: right">87</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">radium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ra</td> <td style="text-align: right">88</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">actinium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ac</td> <td style="text-align: right">89</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">thorium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Th</td> <td style="text-align: right">90</td> <td style="text-align: left">232.04</td> <td style="text-align: left">g</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">protactinium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pa</td> <td style="text-align: right">91</td> <td style="text-align: left">231.04</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">uranium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">U</td> <td style="text-align: right">92</td> <td style="text-align: left">238.03</td> <td style="text-align: left">g m</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">neptunium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Np</td> <td style="text-align: right">93</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">plutonium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pu</td> <td style="text-align: right">94</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">americium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Am</td> <td style="text-align: right">95</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">curium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cm</td> <td style="text-align: right">96</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">berkelium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Bk</td> <td style="text-align: right">97</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">californium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cf</td> <td style="text-align: right">98</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">einsteinium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Es</td> <td style="text-align: right">99</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">fermium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Fm</td> <td style="text-align: right">100</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">mendelevium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Md</td> <td style="text-align: right">101</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">nobelium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">No</td> <td style="text-align: right">102</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">lawrencium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Lr</td> <td style="text-align: right">103</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">rutherfordium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rf</td> <td style="text-align: right">104</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">dubnium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Db</td> <td style="text-align: right">105</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">seaborgium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sg</td> <td style="text-align: right">106</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">bohrium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Bh</td> <td style="text-align: right">107</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">hassium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Hs</td> <td style="text-align: right">108</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">meitnerium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Mt</td> <td style="text-align: right">109</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">darmstadtium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ds</td> <td style="text-align: right">110</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">roentgenium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rg</td> <td style="text-align: right">111</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">copernicium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cn</td> <td style="text-align: right">112</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">ununtrium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Uut</td> <td style="text-align: right">113</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">flerovium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Fl</td> <td style="text-align: right">114</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">ununpentium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Uup</td> <td style="text-align: right">115</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">livermorium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Lv</td> <td style="text-align: right">116</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">ununseptium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Uus</td> <td style="text-align: right">117</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">ununoctium*</td> <td style="text-align: left">Uuo</td> <td style="text-align: right">118</td> <td style="text-align: left">–</td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="table-wrap-foot"> <p>*Element has no stable isotopes. One or more representative isotopes are given in <a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_tab_004" class="link link-table" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_tab_004">Table 4</a> with the appropriate relative atomic mass and half-life. However, four such elements (Bi, Th, Pa, and U) do have a characteristic terrestrial isotopic composition, and for these elements, standard atomic-weight values are tabulated.</p> <p>g, Geological materials are known in which the element has an isotopic composition outside the limits for normal material. The difference between the atomic weight of the element in such materials and that given in the table may exceed the stated uncertainty.</p> <p>m, Modified isotopic compositions may be found in commercially available material because it has been subjected to an undisclosed or inadvertent isotopic fractionation. Substantial deviations in atomic weight of the element from that given in the table can occur.</p> <p>r, Range in isotopic composition of normal material prevents a more precise standard atomic weight being given; the tabulated value and uncertainty should be applicable to normal material.</p> </div> </div> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_017"> <h2 class="subheading">7 Conventional atomic-weight values for selected elements</h2> <p>The Commission recognizes that some users of atomic-weight data only need single values with disregard to their uncertainties. Therefore, for those elements with standard atomic weights given as intervals, the Commission provides conventional atomic-weight values (<a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_tab_003" class="link link-table" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_tab_003">Table 3</a>). These conventional quantity values have been selected so that most or all atomic-weight variation in normal materials is covered in an interval of plus or minus one in the last digit.</p> <div class="table-wrap mb-4" id="j_pac-2015-0305_tab_003" position="float" orientation="portrait"> <div class="table-label h3">Table 3</div> <div class="caption mb-3"> <p>Conventional atomic weights. For users needing an atomic-weight value for an unspecified sample with disregard to the uncertainty, such as for trade and commerce, the following conventional values are provided. Atomic weights are scaled to <em>A</em><sub>r</sub>(<sup>12</sup>C)=12, where <sup>12</sup>C is a neutral atom in its nuclear and electronic ground state.</p> </div> <table xmlns:env="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dgror="http://degruyter.com/resources/fetched-ror-id" xmlns:m="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rules="groups" frame="hsides" class="content-table"> <thead> <tr> <th style="text-align: left">Element name</th> <th style="text-align: left">Symbol</th> <th style="text-align: right">Atomic number</th> <th style="text-align: left">Conventional atomic weight</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">hydrogen</td> <td style="text-align: left">H</td> <td style="text-align: right">1</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.008</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">lithium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Li</td> <td style="text-align: right">3</td> <td style="text-align: left">6.94</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">boron</td> <td style="text-align: left">B</td> <td style="text-align: right">5</td> <td style="text-align: left">10.81</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">carbon</td> <td style="text-align: left">C</td> <td style="text-align: right">6</td> <td style="text-align: left">12.011</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">nitrogen</td> <td style="text-align: left">N</td> <td style="text-align: right">7</td> <td style="text-align: left">14.007</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">oxygen</td> <td style="text-align: left">O</td> <td style="text-align: right">8</td> <td style="text-align: left">15.999</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">magnesium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Mg</td> <td style="text-align: right">12</td> <td style="text-align: left">24.305</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">silicon</td> <td style="text-align: left">Si</td> <td style="text-align: right">14</td> <td style="text-align: left">28.085</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">sulfur</td> <td style="text-align: left">S</td> <td style="text-align: right">16</td> <td style="text-align: left">32.06</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">chlorine</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cl</td> <td style="text-align: right">17</td> <td style="text-align: left">35.45</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">bromine</td> <td style="text-align: left">Br</td> <td style="text-align: right">35</td> <td style="text-align: left">79.904</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">thallium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Tl</td> <td style="text-align: right">81</td> <td style="text-align: left">204.38</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_018"> <h2 class="subheading">8 Relative atomic masses and half-lives of selected radioactive isotopes</h2> <p>For elements that have no stable or long-lived isotopes, the data on radioactive half-lives and relative atomic-mass values for the isotopes of interest and importance have been compiled in <a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_tab_004" class="link link-table" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_tab_004">Table 4</a>. Long-lived radioactive isotopes of elements with a characteristic terrestrial isotopic composition that contribute to the standard atomic weight determinations are marked with an asterisk (*) in the table. Selected radioactive isotopes for elements with no stable isotopes, with no characteristic terrestrial isotopic composition, and with no standard atomic weight are presented without this symbol. There is no general agreement on which of the various isotopes of radioactive elements is, or is likely to be judged, important. Various criteria such as longest half-life, production in quantity, and commercial relevance have been applied in the past. The Commission has no official responsibility for the dissemination of atomic masses and half-life values and the information contained in this table will enable to calculate atomic weights of radioactive materials with a variety of isotopic compositions. Atomic masses are taken from 2012 Atomic Mass Evaluation report [15]. However, the uncertainty of atomic masses is not taken as reported. Rather, all uncertainty estimates are expanded by a factor of six in order to conform to the conservative reporting practices of the Commission. The half-life values are quoted with uncertainties at the one standard deviation level and are taken from the NUBASE2012 report [55].</p> <div class="table-wrap mb-4" id="j_pac-2015-0305_tab_004" position="float" orientation="portrait"> <div class="table-label h3">Table 4</div> <div class="caption mb-3"> <p>Relative atomic masses and half-lives of selected radioactive nuclides.</p> </div> <table xmlns:env="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dgror="http://degruyter.com/resources/fetched-ror-id" xmlns:m="http://degruyter.com/resources/metadata" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rules="groups" frame="hsides" class="content-table"> <thead> <tr> <th style="text-align: left">Atomic number</th> <th style="text-align: left">Element name<sup>a</sup></th> <th style="text-align: left">Symbol</th> <th style="text-align: right">Mass number<sup>b</sup></th> <th style="text-align: left">Atomic mass/Da<sup>c</sup></th> <th style="text-align: left">Half-life<sup>d</sup></th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">19</td> <td style="text-align: left">potassium</td> <td style="text-align: left">K</td> <td style="text-align: right">40*</td> <td style="text-align: left">39.963 9982(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.248(3)×10<sup>9</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">20</td> <td style="text-align: left">calcium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ca</td> <td style="text-align: right">48*</td> <td style="text-align: left">47.952 5228(8)</td> <td style="text-align: left">5.3(1.7)×10<sup>19</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">23</td> <td style="text-align: left">vanadium</td> <td style="text-align: left">V</td> <td style="text-align: right">50*</td> <td style="text-align: left">49.947 156(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.5(4)×10<sup>17</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">32</td> <td style="text-align: left">germanium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ge</td> <td style="text-align: right">76*</td> <td style="text-align: left">75.921 4027(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.58(17)×10<sup>21</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">34</td> <td style="text-align: left">selenium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Se</td> <td style="text-align: right">82*</td> <td style="text-align: left">81.916 700(9)</td> <td style="text-align: left">9.7(5)×10<sup>19</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">37</td> <td style="text-align: left">rubidium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rb</td> <td style="text-align: right">87*</td> <td style="text-align: left">86.909 180 53(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left">4.923(22)×10<sup>10</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">40</td> <td style="text-align: left">zirconium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Zr</td> <td style="text-align: right">96*</td> <td style="text-align: left">95.908 27(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.0(4)×10<sup>19</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">42</td> <td style="text-align: left">molybdenum</td> <td style="text-align: left">Mo</td> <td style="text-align: right">100*</td> <td style="text-align: left">99.907 472(7)</td> <td style="text-align: left">7.3(4)×10<sup>18</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">43</td> <td style="text-align: left">technetium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Tc</td> <td style="text-align: right">97</td> <td style="text-align: left">96.906 37(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">4.21(16)×10<sup>6</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">98</td> <td style="text-align: left">97.907 21(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">4.2(3)×10<sup>6</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">99</td> <td style="text-align: left">98.906 251(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.111(12)×10<sup>5</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">48</td> <td style="text-align: left">cadmium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cd</td> <td style="text-align: right">113*</td> <td style="text-align: left">112.904 408(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">8.04(5)×10<sup>15</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">116*</td> <td style="text-align: left">115.904 763(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left">3.0(4)×10<sup>19</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">49</td> <td style="text-align: left">indium</td> <td style="text-align: left">In</td> <td style="text-align: right">115*</td> <td style="text-align: left">114.903 878 78(8)</td> <td style="text-align: left">4.41(25)×10<sup>14</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">52</td> <td style="text-align: left">tellurium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Te</td> <td style="text-align: right">128*</td> <td style="text-align: left">127.904 461(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.2(3)×10<sup>24</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">130*</td> <td style="text-align: left">129.906 222 75(8)</td> <td style="text-align: left">7.9(1.0)×10<sup>20</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">54</td> <td style="text-align: left">xenon</td> <td style="text-align: left">Xe</td> <td style="text-align: right">136*</td> <td style="text-align: left">135.907 214 48(7)</td> <td style="text-align: left">>10×10<sup>21</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">56</td> <td style="text-align: left">barium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ba</td> <td style="text-align: right">130*</td> <td style="text-align: left">129.906 32(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">>4×10<sup>21</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">57</td> <td style="text-align: left">lanthanum</td> <td style="text-align: left">La</td> <td style="text-align: right">138*</td> <td style="text-align: left">137.907 12(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.02(1)×10<sup>11</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">60</td> <td style="text-align: left">neodymium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Nd</td> <td style="text-align: right">144*</td> <td style="text-align: left">143.910 09(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.29(16)×10<sup>15</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">150*</td> <td style="text-align: left">149.920 90(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">6.7(7)×10<sup>18</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">61</td> <td style="text-align: left">promethium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pm</td> <td style="text-align: right">145</td> <td style="text-align: left">144.912 76(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">17.7(4) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">146</td> <td style="text-align: left">145.914 70(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">5.53(5) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">147</td> <td style="text-align: left">146.915 15(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.6234(2) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">62</td> <td style="text-align: left">samarium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sm</td> <td style="text-align: right">147*</td> <td style="text-align: left">146.914 90(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.066(7)×10<sup>11</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">148*</td> <td style="text-align: left">147.914 83(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">7(3)×10<sup>15</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">71</td> <td style="text-align: left">lutetium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Lu</td> <td style="text-align: right">176*</td> <td style="text-align: left">175.942 69(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">3.76(7)×10<sup>10</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">72</td> <td style="text-align: left">hafnium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Hf</td> <td style="text-align: right">174*</td> <td style="text-align: left">173.940 05(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.0(4)×10<sup>15</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">74</td> <td style="text-align: left">tungsten</td> <td style="text-align: left">W</td> <td style="text-align: right">180*</td> <td style="text-align: left">179.946 71(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.8(2)×10<sup>18</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">75</td> <td style="text-align: left">rhenium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Re</td> <td style="text-align: right">187*</td> <td style="text-align: left">186.955 75(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left">4.33(7)×10<sup>10</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">76</td> <td style="text-align: left">osmium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Os</td> <td style="text-align: right">186*</td> <td style="text-align: left">185.953 84(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.0(1.1)×10<sup>15</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">78</td> <td style="text-align: left">platinum</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pt</td> <td style="text-align: right">190*</td> <td style="text-align: left">189.959 93(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">6.5(3)×10<sup>11</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">83</td> <td style="text-align: left">bismuth</td> <td style="text-align: left">Bi</td> <td style="text-align: right">209*</td> <td style="text-align: left">208.980 40(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.99(7)×10<sup>19</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">84</td> <td style="text-align: left">polonium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Po</td> <td style="text-align: right">208</td> <td style="text-align: left">207.981 25(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.898(2) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">209</td> <td style="text-align: left">208.982 43(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">102(5) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">210</td> <td style="text-align: left">209.982 874(8)</td> <td style="text-align: left">138.376(2) d</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">85</td> <td style="text-align: left">astatine</td> <td style="text-align: left">At</td> <td style="text-align: right">210</td> <td style="text-align: left">209.987 15(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left">8.1(4) h</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">211</td> <td style="text-align: left">210.987 50(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">7.214(7) h</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">86</td> <td style="text-align: left">radon</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rn</td> <td style="text-align: right">210</td> <td style="text-align: left">209.989 69(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.4(1) h</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">211</td> <td style="text-align: left">210.990 60(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left">14.6(2) h</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">222</td> <td style="text-align: left">222.017 58(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">3.8235(3) d</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">87</td> <td style="text-align: left">francium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Fr</td> <td style="text-align: right">212</td> <td style="text-align: left">211.996 23(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left">20.0(6) min</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">222</td> <td style="text-align: left">222.0176(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">14.2(3) min</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">223</td> <td style="text-align: left">223.019 74(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">22.00(7) min</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">88</td> <td style="text-align: left">radium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ra</td> <td style="text-align: right">226</td> <td style="text-align: left">226.025 41(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.600(7)×10<sup>3</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">228</td> <td style="text-align: left">228.031 07(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">5.75(3) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">89</td> <td style="text-align: left">actinium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ac</td> <td style="text-align: right">225</td> <td style="text-align: left">225.023 23(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">9.920(3) d</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">227</td> <td style="text-align: left">227.027 75(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">21.772(3) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">90</td> <td style="text-align: left">thorium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Th</td> <td style="text-align: right">230*</td> <td style="text-align: left">230.033 13(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">7.54(3)×10<sup>4</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">232*</td> <td style="text-align: left">232.038 06(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.40(1)×10<sup>10</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">91</td> <td style="text-align: left">protactinium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pa</td> <td style="text-align: right">231*</td> <td style="text-align: left">231.035 88(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">3.276(11)×10<sup>4</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">233</td> <td style="text-align: left">233.040 25(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">26.975(13) d</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">92</td> <td style="text-align: left">uranium</td> <td style="text-align: left">U</td> <td style="text-align: right">233</td> <td style="text-align: left">233.039 64(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.592(2)×10<sup>5</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">234*</td> <td style="text-align: left">234.040 95(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.455(6)×10<sup>5</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">235*</td> <td style="text-align: left">235.043 93(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">7.04(1)×10<sup>8</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">236</td> <td style="text-align: left">236.045 57(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.342(3)×10<sup>7</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">238*</td> <td style="text-align: left">238.050 79(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">4.468(3)×10<sup>9</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">93</td> <td style="text-align: left">neptunium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Np</td> <td style="text-align: right">236</td> <td style="text-align: left">236.0466(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.53(5)×10<sup>5</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">237</td> <td style="text-align: left">237.048 17(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.144(7)×10<sup>6</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">94</td> <td style="text-align: left">plutonium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Pu</td> <td style="text-align: right">238</td> <td style="text-align: left">238.049 56(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">87.7(1) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">239</td> <td style="text-align: left">239.052 16(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.411(3)×10<sup>4</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">240</td> <td style="text-align: left">240.053 81(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">6.561(7)×10<sup>3</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">241</td> <td style="text-align: left">241.056 85(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">14.290(6) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">242</td> <td style="text-align: left">242.058 74(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">3.75(2)×10<sup>5</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">244</td> <td style="text-align: left">244.064 21(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">8.00(9)×10<sup>7</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">95</td> <td style="text-align: left">americium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Am</td> <td style="text-align: right">241</td> <td style="text-align: left">241.056 83(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">432.6(6) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">243</td> <td style="text-align: left">243.061 38(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">7.37(4)×10<sup>3</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">96</td> <td style="text-align: left">curium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cm</td> <td style="text-align: right">243</td> <td style="text-align: left">243.061 39(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">29.1(1) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">244</td> <td style="text-align: left">244.062 75(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">18.10(2) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">245</td> <td style="text-align: left">245.065 49(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">8.423(74)×10<sup>3</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">246</td> <td style="text-align: left">246.067 22(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">4.706(40)×10<sup>3</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">247</td> <td style="text-align: left">247.070 35(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.56(5)×10<sup>7</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">248</td> <td style="text-align: left">248.072 19(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">3.48(6)×10<sup>5</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">97</td> <td style="text-align: left">berkelium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Bk</td> <td style="text-align: right">247</td> <td style="text-align: left">247.070 31(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.38(25)×10<sup>3</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">249</td> <td style="text-align: left">249.074 99(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">330(4) d</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">98</td> <td style="text-align: left">californium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cf</td> <td style="text-align: right">249</td> <td style="text-align: left">249.074 85(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">351(2) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">250</td> <td style="text-align: left">250.076 41(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">13.08(9) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">251</td> <td style="text-align: left">251.079 59(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">9.0(4)×10<sup>2</sup> a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">252</td> <td style="text-align: left">252.081 63(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.645(8) a</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">99</td> <td style="text-align: left">einsteinium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Es</td> <td style="text-align: right">252</td> <td style="text-align: left">252.0830(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">472(2) d</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">254</td> <td style="text-align: left">254.088 02(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">275.7(5) d</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">100</td> <td style="text-align: left">fermium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Fm</td> <td style="text-align: right">253</td> <td style="text-align: left">253.085 19(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">3.00(12) d</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">257</td> <td style="text-align: left">257.095 11(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left">100.5(2) d</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">101</td> <td style="text-align: left">mendelevium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Md</td> <td style="text-align: right">258</td> <td style="text-align: left">258.098 43(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">51.5(3) d</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">260</td> <td style="text-align: left">260.104(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">27.8(8) d</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">102</td> <td style="text-align: left">nobelium</td> <td style="text-align: left">No</td> <td style="text-align: right">255</td> <td style="text-align: left">255.0932(1)</td> <td style="text-align: left">3.52(18) min</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">259</td> <td style="text-align: left">259.1010(7)</td> <td style="text-align: left">58(5) min</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">103</td> <td style="text-align: left">lawrencium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Lr</td> <td style="text-align: right">261</td> <td style="text-align: left">261.107(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">39(12) min</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">262</td> <td style="text-align: left">262.110(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">4 h</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">104</td> <td style="text-align: left">rutherfordium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rf</td> <td style="text-align: right">265</td> <td style="text-align: left">265.117(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">6.6(5.3) min</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">267</td> <td style="text-align: left">267.122(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.5(1.5) h</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">105</td> <td style="text-align: left">dubnium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Db</td> <td style="text-align: right">268</td> <td style="text-align: left">268.126(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">30.8(5.0) h</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">270</td> <td style="text-align: left">270.131(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">90(70) h</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">106</td> <td style="text-align: left">seaborgium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Sg</td> <td style="text-align: right">269</td> <td style="text-align: left">269.129(3)</td> <td style="text-align: left">8.0(6.3) min</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">271</td> <td style="text-align: left">271.134(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">3.1(1.6) min</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">107</td> <td style="text-align: left">bohrium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Bh</td> <td style="text-align: right">270</td> <td style="text-align: left">270.133(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">3.8(3.0) min</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">274</td> <td style="text-align: left">274.144(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">3.4(2.7) min</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">108</td> <td style="text-align: left">hassium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Hs</td> <td style="text-align: right">269</td> <td style="text-align: left">269.1338(8)</td> <td style="text-align: left">27(17) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">270</td> <td style="text-align: left">270.134(2)</td> <td style="text-align: left">~30 s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">109</td> <td style="text-align: left">meitnerium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Mt</td> <td style="text-align: right">276</td> <td style="text-align: left">276.152(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">0.73(16) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">278</td> <td style="text-align: left">278.156(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left">29(23) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">110</td> <td style="text-align: left">darmstadtium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Ds</td> <td style="text-align: right">280</td> <td style="text-align: left">280.161(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left">11(6) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">281</td> <td style="text-align: left">281.165(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">14(4) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">111</td> <td style="text-align: left">roentgenium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Rg</td> <td style="text-align: right">281</td> <td style="text-align: left">281.166(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left">37(17) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">282</td> <td style="text-align: left">282.169(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.9(1.5) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">112</td> <td style="text-align: left">copernicium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Cn</td> <td style="text-align: right">283</td> <td style="text-align: left">283.173(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">4.1(1.0) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">285</td> <td style="text-align: left">285.177(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">32(9) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">113</td> <td style="text-align: left">ununtrium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Uut</td> <td style="text-align: right">285</td> <td style="text-align: left">285.180(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left">8(4) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">286</td> <td style="text-align: left">286.182(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left">70(60) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">114</td> <td style="text-align: left">flerovium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Fl</td> <td style="text-align: right">287</td> <td style="text-align: left">287.187(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">0.52(13) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">288</td> <td style="text-align: left">288.188(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left">0.75(14) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">289</td> <td style="text-align: left">289.190(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">2.4(6) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">115</td> <td style="text-align: left">ununpentium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Uup</td> <td style="text-align: right">288</td> <td style="text-align: left">288.193(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">0.19(4) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">289</td> <td style="text-align: left">289.194(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left">0.34(18) s</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">290</td> <td style="text-align: left">290.196(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left">60(50) ms</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">116</td> <td style="text-align: left">livermorium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Lv</td> <td style="text-align: right">291</td> <td style="text-align: left">291.201(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">28(15) ms</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">292</td> <td style="text-align: left">292.202(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left">24(12) ms</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">293</td> <td style="text-align: left">293.204(4)</td> <td style="text-align: left">80(40) ms</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">117</td> <td style="text-align: left">ununseptium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Uus</td> <td style="text-align: right">293</td> <td style="text-align: left">293.208(6)</td> <td style="text-align: left">18(8) ms</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: left"> </td> <td style="text-align: right">294</td> <td style="text-align: left">294.210(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left">0.29(23) ms</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left">118</td> <td style="text-align: left">ununoctium</td> <td style="text-align: left">Uuo</td> <td style="text-align: right">294</td> <td style="text-align: left">294.214(5)</td> <td style="text-align: left">1.4(7) ms</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div class="table-wrap-foot"> <p> <sup>a</sup>Names of elements with atomic number 113, 115, 117 and 118 are provisional; they have been reported in the peer-reviewed scientific literature but they have not yet been named. Listing of particular isotopes for these elements does not imply any priority of the discovery of these elements on the part of IUPAC or the Commission.</p> <p> <sup>b</sup>Long-lived radioactive isotopes of elements with a characteristic terrestrial isotopic composition that contribute to the standard atomic weight determinations are marked with an asterisk. Selected radioactive isotopes for elements with no stable isotopes, with no characteristic isotopic composition, and with no standard atomic weight are also presented.</p> <p> <sup>c</sup>Atomic masses of nuclides are expressed in daltons (symbol, Da), which is 1/12 mass of a single carbon-12 atom (neutral, in its electronic and nuclear ground state, and at rest), also called the unified atomic mass unit (symbol, u).</p> <p> <sup>d</sup>Standard symbols are used for units of time: a=year; d=day; h=hour; min=minute; s=second; ms=millisecond.</p> <p>*Indicates isotope contributing to the determination of a standard atomic weight.</p> </div> </div> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_019"> <h2 class="subheading">9 Periodic table of the isotopes</h2> <p>The Periodic Table of the Elements, developed independently by Mendeleev and Meyer in the late 19<sup>th</sup> century, represents a remarkable achievement in our understanding of the structure of the atoms and the chemical and physical properties of the elements. Traditionally, the Periodic Table includes the standard atomic weights of the elements. With the introduction of intervals to represent the standard atomic weights for elements that have large variations in isotopic abundance from which atomic weights are calculated, members of the Commission together with assistance from the IUPAC Committee on Chemistry Education developed a Periodic Table of the Isotopes [14]. The goal of this IUPAC-sponsored project is to produce learner-oriented materials on an interactive periodic table to emphasize the existence of isotopes, the role of isotopic abundances in the determination of atomic weights, and applications in science and industry and examples of applications of isotopes in science, industry and everyday life.</p> <p>The IUPAC Periodic Table of the Isotopes produced by members of the task group, shown in <a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_fig_013" class="link link-fig" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_013">Fig. 13</a>, employs colored tiles to distinguish among four categories of the elements: <ol type="1" class="list " list-type="order"><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p><strong>pink</strong>: element with two or more isotopes that are used to determine the standard atomic weight, which varies in normal materials and is represented with an interval;</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p><strong>yellow</strong>: element with two or more isotopes with variable isotopic abundances that are used to determine the standard atomic weight, but the upper and lower bounds of the standard atomic weight have not been assigned by IUPAC or the variations may be too small to affect the atomic-weight value;</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p><strong>blue</strong>: element with only one isotope that is used to determine the standard atomic weight, which is invariant;</p> </div></li><li class="listItem"><div class="listItem-contents"> <p><strong>white</strong>: element with no standard atomic weight because all of its isotopes are radioactive and no isotope occurs with a characteristic terrestrial isotopic composition in normal materials from which a standard atomic weight can be determined.</p> </div></li></ol></p> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_013"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_034.jpg" alt="Fig. 13: 
					IUPAC Periodic Table of the Isotopes, 1 October 2013.
				"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 13:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>IUPAC Periodic Table of the Isotopes, 1 October 2013.</p></span></div></div></div></div> <p>In addition, pie diagrams provide an overview of the relative abundances of the isotopes that were used in the determination of standard-atomic-weight values. Radioactive nuclides are identified with red mass numbers. Note, however, that the IUPAC Periodic Table of the Isotopes determines the radioactivity of nuclides independently from the most recent published data. Consequently, minor discrepancies between this table and the NUBASE2012 might occur, such as the firmly-established radioactivity of <sup>130</sup>Ba and <sup>136</sup>Xe, which is not reflected in NUBASE2012.</p> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_020"> <h2 class="subheading">10 Membership of sponsoring bodies</h2> <p>Membership of the Inorganic Chemistry Division Committee for the period 2012–2013 was as follows:</p> <p> <em> <strong>President:</strong> </em> R. D. Loss (Australia); <em><strong>Secretary:</strong></em> M. Leskelä (Finland); <em><strong>Vice President:</strong></em> J. Reedijk (Netherlands); <em><strong>Titular Members:</strong></em> M. Drábik (Slovakia); N. E. Holden (USA); P. Karen (Norway); S. Mathur (Germany); L. R. Öhrström (Sweden); K. Sakai (Japan); E. Y. Tshuva (Israel); <em><strong>Associate Members:</strong></em> J. Buchweishaija (Tanzania); T. Ding (China); J. Garcia-Martinez (Spain); D. Rabinovich (USA); A. Kilic (Turkey); R.-N. Vannier (France); <em><strong>National Representatives:</strong></em> F. Abdul Aziz (Malaysia); S. Ali (Pakistan); V. Chandrasekhar (India); B. Prugovecki (Croatia); H. E. Toma (Brazil); N. Trendafilova (Bulgaria); S. Youngme (Thailand).</p> <p>Membership of the Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights for the period 2012–2013 was as follows:</p> <p> <em> <strong>Chair:</strong> </em> W. A. Brand (Germany); <em><strong>Secretary:</strong></em> J. Meija (Canada); <em><strong>Titular Members:</strong></em> M. Gröning (Austria); T. Hirata (Japan), T. Prohaska (Austria); R. Schönberg (Germany); <em><strong>Associate Members:</strong></em> M. Berglund (Belgium); G. O’Connor nee Singleton (USA); M. Wieser (Canada); X. K. Zhu (China). <em><strong>National Representatives:</strong></em> T. B. Coplen (USA); P. De Bièvre (Belgium). <em><strong>Ex-officio:</strong></em> R. D. Loss (Australia).</p> </section> <section id="j_pac-2015-0305_s_021"> <h2 class="subheading">11 In memoriam: Norman N. Greenwood (1925–2012)</h2> <p>The Commission notes the death of a former Chairman of the Commission. Prof Norman Greenwood, FRSC, best known for his seminal textbook <em>Chemistry of the Elements</em> (with Alan Earnshaw). Norman Neill Greenwood (<a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_fig_014" class="link link-fig" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_014">Fig. 14</a>) was born on 19 January 1925 in Melbourne (Australia) and died on 14 November 2012 in Leeds (Yorkshire) at age 87 [56].</p> <div class="figure-wrapper" id="j_pac-2015-0305_fig_014"><div class="figure w-100"><div class="graphic"><img loading="lazy" src="/document/doi/10.1515/pac-2015-0305/asset/graphic/j_pac-2015-0305_fig_035.jpg" alt="Fig. 14: 
					Norman Neill Greenwood (Courtesy of Linda Quilici).
				"></img></div><div class="figure-description mb-3"><div class="figure-label h3"><span class="label">Fig. 14:</span></div><div class="figure-caption mb-2"><span class="caption"><p>Norman Neill Greenwood (Courtesy of Linda Quilici).</p></span></div></div></div></div> <p>Throughout his scientific carrier Greenwood made significant contributions in science, most notably in the development of Mössbauer spectroscopy and in the chemistry of boron hydrides. In 1963 Greenwood attended his first meeting of the Commission and he was elected a member. During the 1967 meeting, which was transacted entirely by mail, Greenwood was elected chairman of the Commission. After serving as Chairman of the Commission, Greenwood became President of the IUPAC Inorganic Division Committee. Norman Greenwood was a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Foreign Member of the French Academy of Sciences, and he played a key role in establishing the criteria for recognizing the discovery of new elements, which now form an integral part of the IUPAC.<a href="#j_pac-2015-0305_ref_001" class="link link-bibr" data-bs-target="j_pac-2015-0305_ref_001" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" title="[1] N. E. Holden. Chem. 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