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Naturally occurring scandium (Sc) is composed of one stable isotope

45
Sc. Twenty-four radioisotopes have been characterized
with the most stable being
46
Sc with a half-life of 83.8 days,
47
Sc with a half-life of 3.35 days, and
48
Sc with a half-life of 43.7
hours. All of the remaining radioactive isotopes have half-lives that are less than four hours, and the majority of these have
half-lives that are less than two minutes, the least stable being
39
Sc with a half-life shorter than 300 nanoseconds. The half-lives
for isotopes with mass numbers less than 39 is unknown. This element also has 10 meta states with the most stable being
44m
Sc
(t

58.6 h).
The isotopes of scandium range in atomic weight from 36 u (
36
Sc) to 60 u (
60
Sc). The primary decay mode at masses lower than
the only stable isotope,
45
Sc, is Beta-plus or electron capture, and the primary mode at masses above it is beta-minus. The
primary decay products at atomic weights below
45
Sc are calcium isotopes and the primary products from higher atomic
weights are titanium isotopes.
Standard atomic mass: 44.955912(6) u
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nuclide
symbol
Z(p) N(n)

isotopic mass (u)

half-life
decay
mode(s)
[1][n 1]
daughter
isotope(s)
[n 2]
nuclear
spin
representative
isotopic
composition
(mole fraction)
range of natural
variation
(mole fraction)
excitation energy
36
Sc
21 15 36.01492(54)# p
35
Ca
37
Sc
21 16 37.00305(32)# p
36
Ca
7/2-#
38
Sc
21 17 37.99470(32)# <300 ns p
37
Ca
(2-)#
38m
Sc
p
37
Ca
39
Sc
21 18 38.984790(26) <300 ns p
38
Ca
(7/2-)#
40
Sc
21 19 39.977967(3) 182.3(7) ms

+
(99.54%)
40
Ca
4-

+
, p (.44%)
39
K

+
, (.017%)
36
Ar
41
Sc
21 20 40.96925113(24) 596.3(17) ms

+ 41
Ca
7/2-
42
Sc
21 21 41.96551643(29) 681.3(7) ms

+ 42
Ca
0+
42m
Sc
616.28(6) keV 61.7(4) s

+ 42
Ca
(7,5,6)+
43
Sc
21 22 42.9611507(20) 3.891(12) h

+ 43
Ca
7/2-
43m1
Sc
151.4(2) keV 438(7) s 3/2+
43m2
Sc
3123.2(3) keV 470(4) ns (19/2)-
44
Sc
21 23 43.9594028(19) 3.97(4) h

+ 44
Ca
2+
44m1
Sc
67.8680(14) keV 154.2(8) ns 1-
44m2
Sc
270.95(20) keV 58.61(10) h
IT (98.8%)
44
Sc
6+

+
(1.2%)
44
Ca
44m3
Sc
146.224(22) keV 50.4(7) s 0-
45
Sc
21 24 44.9559119(9) Stable 7/2- 1.0000
45m
Sc
12.40(5) keV 318(7) ms IT
45
Sc
3/2+
46
Sc
21 25 45.9551719(9) 83.79(4) d

- 46
Ti
4+
46m1
Sc
52.011(1) keV 9.4(8) s 6+
46m2
Sc
142.528(7) keV 18.75(4) s IT
46
Sc
1-
47
Sc
21 26 46.9524075(22) 3.3492(6) d

- 47
Ti
7/2-
47m
Sc
766.83(9) keV 272(8) ns (3/2)+
48
Sc
21 27 47.952231(6) 43.67(9) h

- 48
Ti
6+
49
Sc
21 28 48.950024(4) 57.2(2) min

- 49
Ti
7/2-
50
Sc
21 29 49.952188(17) 102.5(5) s

- 50
Ti
5+
50m
Sc
256.895(10) keV 350(40) ms
IT (97.5%)
50
Sc
2+,3+

-
(2.5%)
50
Ti
51
Sc
21 30 50.953603(22) 12.4(1) s

- 51
Ti
(7/2)-
52
Sc
21 31 51.95668(21) 8.2(2) s

- 52
Ti
3(+)
53
Sc
21 32 52.95961(32)# >3 s

-
(>99.9%)
53
Ti
(7/2-)#

-
, n (<.1%)
52
Ti
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54
Sc
21 33 53.96326(40) 260(30) ms

-
(>99.9%)
54
Ti
3+#

-
, n (<.1%)
53
Ti
54m
Sc
110(3) keV 7(5) s (5+)
55
Sc
21 34 54.96824(79) 0.115(15) s

-
(>99.9%)
55
Ti
7/2-#

-
, n (<.1%)
54
Ti
56
Sc
21 35 55.97287(75)# 35(5) ms

- 56
Ti
(1+)
57
Sc
21 36 56.97779(75)# 13(4) ms

- 57
Ti
7/2-#
58
Sc
21 37 57.98371(86)# 12(5) ms

- 58
Ti
(3+)#
59
Sc
21 38 58.98922(97)# 10# ms

-
, n
58
Ti
7/2-#

- 59
Ti
60
Sc
21 39 59.99571(97)# 3# ms 3+#
^ Abbreviations:
IT: Isomeric transition
1.
^ Bold for stable isotopes 2.
Notes
Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from systematic trends. Spins with
weak assignment arguments are enclosed in parentheses.
Uncertainties are given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits. Uncertainty values denote one
standard deviation, except isotopic composition and standard atomic mass from IUPAC which use expanded
uncertainties.
Nuclide masses are given by IUPAP Commission on Symbols, Units, Nomenclature, Atomic Masses and Fundamental
Constants (SUNAMCO)
Isotope abundances are given by IUPAC Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights
^ http://www.nucleonica.net/unc.aspx 1.
Isotope masses from:
G. Audi, A. H. Wapstra, C. Thibault, J. Blachot and O. Bersillon (2003). "The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and
decay properties" (http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/amdc/nubase/Nubase2003.pdf). Nuclear Physics A 729: 3128.
Bibcode:2003NuPhA.729....3A (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003NuPhA.729....3A).
doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.nuclphysa.2003.11.001).
Isotopic compositions and standard atomic masses from:
J. R. de Laeter, J. K. Bhlke, P. De Bivre, H. Hidaka, H. S. Peiser, K. J. R. Rosman and P. D. P. Taylor (2003).
"Atomic weights of the elements. Review 2000 (IUPAC Technical Report)" (http://www.iupac.org/publications
/pac/75/6/0683/pdf/). Pure and Applied Chemistry 75 (6): 683800. doi:10.1351/pac200375060683
(http://dx.doi.org/10.1351%2Fpac200375060683).
M. E. Wieser (2006). "Atomic weights of the elements 2005 (IUPAC Technical Report)" (http://iupac.org
/publications/pac/78/11/2051/pdf/). Pure and Applied Chemistry 78 (11): 20512066.
doi:10.1351/pac200678112051 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1351%2Fpac200678112051). Lay summary
(http://old.iupac.org/news/archives/2005/atomic-weights_revised05.html).
Half-life, spin, and isomer data selected from the following sources. See editing notes on this article's talk page.
G. Audi, A. H. Wapstra, C. Thibault, J. Blachot and O. Bersillon (2003). "The NUBASE evaluation of nuclear and
decay properties" (http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/amdc/nubase/Nubase2003.pdf). Nuclear Physics A 729: 3128.
Bibcode:2003NuPhA.729....3A (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2003NuPhA.729....3A).
doi:10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.nuclphysa.2003.11.001).
National Nuclear Data Center. "NuDat 2.1 database" (http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat2/). Brookhaven National
Laboratory. Retrieved September 2005.
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N. E. Holden (2004). "Table of the Isotopes". In D. R. Lide. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (85th ed.).
CRC Press. Section 11. ISBN 978-0-8493-0485-9.
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