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Isotopes of iridium

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There are two natural isotopes of iridium (77Ir), and 37 radioisotopes, the most stable radioisotope being 192Ir with a half-life of 73.82 days, and many nuclear isomers, the most stable of which is 192m2Ir with a half-life of 241 years. All other isomers have half-lives under two weeks, most under a day. All isotopes of iridium are either radioactive or observationally stable, meaning that they are predicted to be radioactive but no actual decay has been observed.[4]

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The isotope 191Ir was the first one of any element to be shown to present a Mössbauer effect. This renders it useful for Mössbauer spectroscopy for research in physics, chemistry, biochemistry, metallurgy, and mineralogy.[5]

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  1. mIr  Excited nuclear isomer.
  2. ()  Uncertainty (1σ) is given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits.
  3. #  Atomic mass marked #: value and uncertainty derived not from purely experimental data, but at least partly from trends from the Mass Surface (TMS).
  4. #  Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from trends of neighboring nuclides (TNN).
  5. Bold italics symbol as daughter  Daughter product is nearly stable.
  6. Bold symbol as daughter  Daughter product is stable.
  7. () spin value  Indicates spin with weak assignment arguments.
  8. Discovery of this isotope is unconfirmed
  9. Order of ground state and isomer is uncertain.
  10. Believed to undergo α decay to 187Re[10][11]
  11. Believed to undergo α decay to 189Re[10]
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Iridium-192

Iridium-192 (symbol 192Ir) is a radioactive isotope of iridium, with a half-life of 73.82 days.[12] It decays by emitting beta (β) particles and gamma (γ) radiation. 95.24% of 192Ir decays occur via β- emission, leading to 192Pt; the remaining 4.76% occur via electron capture to 192Os; both modes involve gamma emission. Iridium-192 is normally produced by neutron activation of natural-abundance iridium metal.[13]

Iridium-192 is used in brachytherapy and in industrial radiography, particularly for nondestructive testing of welds in steel in the oil and gas industries.

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Daughter products other than iridium

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