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- From: CHT012@DJUKFA11.BITNET (H.J. Steinmetz)
- Newsgroups: sci.chem
- Subject: technetium
- Message-ID: <93027.132834CHT012@DJUKFA11.BITNET>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 12:28:34 GMT
- Organization: Forschungszentrum Juelich
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- Currently I am preparing for my final Ph.d. examination in Tc-chemistry.
- Therefore I should know, why only radioactive Tc-isotopes exist. But this
- is indeed not a trivial question.
-
- A short and simple explanation would be, that according to Mattauch's rule
- no stable Tc-isotopes should exist. Mattauch's rule is a consequence of the
- general beta-stability rules. Exceptions are mass numbers 50 and 180.
-
- Mattauch's (empirical) rule says, that no neighbouring stable isobars
- (nuclides of the same mass number) exist. So stable isobars have to differ
- in two units. If you look at the "chart of nuclides" you can see, that all
- Tc-isotopes nearby the "line of beta-stability" have stable isobars. For
- example Tc-98 (the longest-lived Tc-isotope) has the stable neighbours Ru-98
- and Mo-98. The isotopes Tc-90,91,93,103 and Tc-105 - Tc-110, which have no
- stable neighbouring isobars are radioactive because they are to far away from
- the "line of beta-stability".
-
- But why are especially Tc and Pm the beta-unstable elements? What makes them
- so unique? Until now, I did not find a satisfying explanation in literature.
- Who has an idea about this or wants to discuss the question?
-
- Hans-Juergen
- Institute for chem.Technology
- KFA-Juelich GmbH
-