Talk:Isotopes of silicon/Archive 1

Data 2003
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Old 2005 post
For later reference and improved reliability, data from all considered multiple sources is collected here. References are denoted by these letters:
 * (A) G. Audi, O. Bersillon, J. Blachot, A.H. Wapstra. The Nubase2003 evaluation of nuclear and decay properties, Nuc. Phys. A 729, pp. 3-128 (2003). &mdash; Where this source indicates a speculative value, the # mark is also applied to values with weak assignment arguments from other sources, if grouped together. An asterisk after the A means that a comment of some importance may be available in the original.
 * (B) National Nuclear Data Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, information extracted from the NuDat 2.1 database. (Retrieved Sept. 2005, from the code of the popup boxes).
 * (C) David R. Lide (ed.), Norman E. Holden in CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 85th Edition, online version. CRC Press. Boca Raton, Florida (2005). Section 11, Table of the Isotopes. &mdash; The CRC uses rounded numbers with implied uncertainties, where this concurs with the range of another source it is treated as exactly equal in this comparison.
 * (D) More specific level data from reference B's Levels and Gammas database.
 * (E) Same as B but excitation energy replaced with that from D.

Z  N refs symbol   half-life                   spin              excitation energy 14  8 ABC |Si-22   |29(2) ms                   |0+ 14  9 A   |Si-23   |42.3(4) ms                 |3/2+# 14  9 B   |Si-23   |42.3(4) ms                 | 14  9 C   |Si-23   |40.7 ms                    | 14 10 ABC |Si-24   |140(8) ms                  |0+ 14 11 AB  |Si-25   |220(3) ms                  |5/2+ 14 11 C   |Si-25   |221 ms                     |5/2+ 14 12 ABC |Si-26   |2.234(13) s                |0+ 14 13 AB  |Si-27   |4.16(2) s                  |5/2+ 14 13 C   |Si-27   |4.14 s                     |5/2+ 14 14 ABC |Si-28   |STABLE                     |0+ 14 15 ABC |Si-29   |STABLE                     |1/2+ 14 16 ABC |Si-30   |STABLE                     |0+ 14 17 ABC |Si-31   |157.3(3) min               |3/2+ 14 18 AB  |Si-32   |132(13) a                  |0+ 14 18 C   |Si-32   |1.6E+2 a                   |0+ 14 19 AB  |Si-33   |6.18(18) s                 |(3/2+) 14 19 C   |Si-33   |6.1 s                      |(3/2+) 14 20 ABC |Si-34   |2.77(20) s                 |0+ 14 21 A   |Si-35   |780(120) ms                |7/2-# 14 21 B   |Si-35   |0.78(12) s                 | 14 21 C   |Si-35   |0.9 s                      | 14 22 ABC |Si-36   |0.45(6) s                  |0+ 14 23 AB  |Si-37   |90(60) ms                  |(7/2-)# 14 23 C   |Si-37   |~0.09 s                    | 14 24 A   |Si-38   |90# ms [>1 µs]             |0+ 14 24 BC  |Si-38   |>1 µs                      |0+ 14 25 A   |Si-39   |90# ms [>1 µs]             |7/2-# 14 25 B   |Si-39   |47.5(20) ms                |(7/2-) 14 25 C   |Si-39   |> 1 µs                     | 14 26 A   |Si-40   |20# ms [>200 ns]           |0+ 14 26 B   |Si-40   |33.0(10) ms                |0+ 14 26 C   |Si-40   |>0.2 µs                    |0+ 14 27 A   |Si-41   |30# ms [>200 ns]           |7/2-# 14 27 B   |Si-41   |20.0(25) ms                | 14 27 C   |Si-41   |>0.2 µs                    | 14 28 A   |Si-42   |5# ms [>200 ns]            |0+ 14 28 B   |Si-42   |13(4) ms                   |0+ 14 28 C   |Si-42   |>0.2 µs                    |0+ 14 29 A   |Si-43   |15# ms [>260 ns]           |3/2-# 14 29 B   |Si-43   |>260 ns                    | 14 30 AB  |Si-44   |10# ms                     |0+

Femto 13:22, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Inconsistent Half-Lifes
Above the table, the article states that silicon-32 has a half-life of about 170 years, yet in the table, it clearly states its half-life is 132 years. Is the table or the article closer? This should be fixed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Elium2 (talk • contribs) 16:00, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
 * As of today, http://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat2/reCenter.jsp?z=14&n=18, shows a 1/2 life of 153 years. PRONIZ (talk) 17:45, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I fixed the half-life in the opening of the article. I also added the uncertainty from NuDat 2 (19 y @ 1 σ) to the table. —Edgar.bonet (talk) 08:26, 5 September 2014 (UTC)