Tables
The following tables give the elements with primordial nuclides, which means the element may still be identified on Earth from natural sources, having been present since the Earth was formed out of the solar nebula. Thus, none are shorter-lived daughters of longer-lived parental primordials, such as radon.
The tables of elements are sorted in order of decreasing number of nuclides associated with each element. (For a list sorted entirely in terms of half-lives of nuclides, with mixing of elements, see List of nuclides.) Stable and unstable (marked decays) nuclides are given, with symbols for unstable (radioactive) nuclides in italics. Note that the sorting does not quite give the elements purely in order of stable nuclides, since some elements have a larger number of long-lived unstable nuclides, which place them ahead of elements with a larger number of stable nuclides. By convention, nuclides are counted as "stable" if they have never been observed to decay by experiment or from observation of decay products (extremely long lived nuclides unstable only in theory, such as tantalum-180m, are counted as stable).
The first table is for even-atomic numbered elements, which tend to have far more primordial nuclides, due to stability conferred by proton-proton pairing. A second separate table is given for odd-atomic numbered elements, which tend to have far fewer stable and long-lived (primordial) unstable nuclides.
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50 | tin | 10 | — | 120Sn | 118Sn | 116Sn | 119Sn | 117Sn | 124Sn | 122Sn | 112Sn | 114Sn | 115Sn |
54 | xenon | 8 | 1 | 132Xe | 129Xe | 131Xe | 134Xe | 136Xe | 130Xe | 128Xe | 124Xe | 126Xe | |
48 | cadmium | 6 | 2 | 114Cd | 112Cd | 111Cd | 110Cd | 113Cd | 116Cd | 106Cd | 108Cd | ||
52 | tellurium | 5 | 3 | 130Te | 128Te | 126Te | 125Te | 124Te | 122Te | 123Te | 120Te | ||
62 | samarium | 5 | 3 | 152Sm | 154Sm | 147Sm | 149Sm | 148Sm | 150Sm | 144Sm | 146Sm | ||
44 | ruthenium | 7 | — | 102Ru | 104Ru | 101Ru | 99Ru | 100Ru | 96Ru | 98Ru | |||
66 | dysprosium | 7 | — | 164Dy | 162Dy | 163Dy | 161Dy | 160Dy | 158Dy | 156Dy | |||
70 | ytterbium | 7 | — | 174Yb | 172Yb | 173Yb | 171Yb | 176Yb | 170Yb | 168Yb | |||
80 | mercury | 7 | — | 202Hg | 200Hg | 199Hg | 201Hg | 198Hg | 204Hg | 196Hg | |||
42 | 6 | 1 | 98Mo | 96Mo | 95Mo | 92Mo | 100Mo | 97Mo | 94Mo | ||||
56 | barium | 6 | 1 | 138Ba | 137Ba | 136Ba | 135Ba | 134Ba | 132Ba | 130Ba | |||
64 | gadolinium | 6 | 1 | 158Gd | 160Gd | 156Gd | 157Gd | 155Gd | 154Gd | 152Gd | |||
76 | osmium | 6 | 1 | 192Os | 190Os | 189Os | 188Os | 187Os | 186Os | 184Os | |||
60 | neodymium | 5 | 2 | 142Nd | 144Nd | 146Nd | 143Nd | 145Nd | 148Nd | 150Nd | |||
36 | krypton | 6 | — | 84Kr | 86Kr | 82Kr | 83Kr | 80Kr | 78Kr | ||||
46 | palladium | 6 | — | 106Pd | 108Pd | 105Pd | 110Pd | 104Pd | 102Pd | ||||
68 | erbium | 6 | — | 166Er | 168Er | 167Er | 170Er | 164Er | 162Er | ||||
20 | calcium | 5 | 1 | 40Ca | 44Ca | 42Ca | 48Ca | 43Ca | 46Ca | ||||
34 | selenium | 5 | 1 | 80Se | 78Se | 76Se | 82Se | 77Se | 74Se | ||||
72 | hafnium | 5 | 1 | 180Hf | 178Hf | 177Hf | 179Hf | 176Hf | 174Hf | ||||
78 | platinum | 5 | 1 | 195Pt | 194Pt | 196Pt | 198Pt | 192Pt | 190Pt | ||||
22 | titanium | 5 | — | 48Ti | 46Ti | 47Ti | 49Ti | 50Ti | |||||
28 | nickel | 5 | — | 58Ni | 60Ni | 62Ni | 61Ni | 64Ni | |||||
30 | zinc | 5 | — | 64Zn | 66Zn | 68Zn | 67Zn | 70Zn | |||||
32 | germanium | 4 | 1 | 74Ge | 72Ge | 70Ge | 73Ge | 76Ge | |||||
40 | zirconium | 4 | 1 | 90Zr | 94Zr | 92Zr | 91Zr | 96Zr | |||||
74 | tungsten | 4 | 1 | 184W | 186W | 182W | 183W | 180W | |||||
16 | sulfur | 4 | — | 32S | 34S | 33S | 36S | ||||||
24 | chromium | 4 | — | 52Cr | 53Cr | 50Cr | 54Cr | ||||||
26 | iron | 4 | — | 56Fe | 54Fe | 57Fe | 58Fe | ||||||
38 | strontium | 4 | — | 88Sr | 86Sr | 87Sr | 84Sr | ||||||
58 | cerium | 4 | — | 140Ce | 142Ce | 138Ce | 136Ce | ||||||
82 | lead | 4 | — | 208Pb | 206Pb | 207Pb | 204Pb | ||||||
8 | oxygen | 3 | — | 16O | 18O | 17O | |||||||
10 | neon | 3 | — | 20Ne | 22Ne | 21Ne | |||||||
12 | magnesium | 3 | — | 24Mg | 26Mg | 25Mg | |||||||
14 | silicon | 3 | — | 28Si | 29Si | 30Si | |||||||
18 | argon | 3 | — | 40Ar | 36Ar | 38Ar | |||||||
2 | helium | 2 | — | 4He | 3He | ||||||||
6 | carbon | 2 | — | 12C | 13C | ||||||||
92 | uranium | 0 | 2 | 238U | 235U | ||||||||
4 | beryllium | 1 | — | 9Be | |||||||||
90 | thorium | 0 | 1 | 232Th | |||||||||
94 | plutonium | 0 | 1 | 244Pu |
Z |
Element |
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19 | potassium | 2 | 1 | 39K | 41K | 40K |
1 | hydrogen | 2 | — | 1H | 2H | |
3 | lithium | 2 | — | 7Li | 6Li | |
5 | boron | 2 | — | 11B | 10B | |
7 | nitrogen | 2 | — | 14N | 15N | |
17 | chlorine | 2 | — | 35Cl | 37Cl | |
29 | copper | 2 | — | 63Cu | 65Cu | |
31 | gallium | 2 | — | 69Ga | 71Ga | |
35 | bromine | 2 | — | 79Br | 81Br | |
47 | silver | 2 | — | 107Ag | 109Ag | |
51 | antimony | 2 | — | 121Sb | 123Sb | |
73 | tantalum | 2 | — | 181Ta | ||
77 | iridium | 2 | — | 193Ir | 191Ir | |
81 | thallium | 2 | — | 205Tl | 203Tl | |
23 | vanadium | 1 | 1 | 51V | 50V | |
37 | rubidium | 1 | 1 | 85Rb | 87Rb | |
49 | indium | 1 | 1 | 115In | 113In | |
57 | lanthanum | 1 | 1 | 139La | 138La | |
63 | europium | 1 | 1 | 153Eu | 151Eu | |
71 | lutetium | 1 | 1 | 175Lu | 176Lu | |
75 | rhenium | 1 | 1 | 187Re | 185Re | |
9 | fluorine | 1 | — | 19F | ||
11 | sodium | 1 | — | 23Na | ||
13 | aluminium | 1 | — | 27Al | ||
15 | phosphorus | 1 | — | 31P | ||
21 | scandium | 1 | — | 45Sc | ||
25 | manganese | 1 | — | 55Mn | ||
27 | cobalt | 1 | — | 59Co | ||
33 | arsenic | 1 | — | 75As | ||
39 | yttrium | 1 | — | 89Y | ||
41 | niobium | 1 | — | 93Nb | ||
45 | rhodium | 1 | — | 103Rh | ||
53 | iodine | 1 | — | 127I | ||
55 | caesium | 1 | — | 133Cs | ||
59 | 1 | — | 141Pr | |||
65 | terbium | 1 | — | 159Tb | ||
67 | holmium | 1 | — | 165Ho | ||
69 | thulium | 1 | — | 169Tm | ||
79 | gold | 1 | — | 197Au | ||
83 | bismuth | 0 | 1 | 209Bi |
Read more about this topic: List Of Elements By Stability Of Isotopes
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