Isotopes of holmium

Natural holmium (₆₇Ho) contains one stable isotope, ¹⁶⁵Ho. The below table lists 36 isotopes spanning ¹⁴⁰Ho through ¹⁷⁵Ho as well as 33 nuclear isomers. Among the known synthetic radioactive isotopes; the most stable one is ¹⁶³Ho, with a half-life of 4,570 years. All other radioisotopes have half-lives not greater than 1.117 days in their ground states (although the metastable ^166m1Ho has a half-life of about 1,200 years), and most have half-lives under 3 hours.

Main isotopes of holmium (₆₇Ho)

Iso­tope Decay abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct ^163Ho syn 4570 y ε ^163Dy ^164Ho syn 29 min ε ^164Dy ^165Ho 100% stable ^166Ho syn 26.763 h β^− ^166Er ^166m1Ho syn 1200 y β^− ^166Er ^167Ho syn 3.1 h β^− ^167Er
Standard atomic weight Ar, standard(Ho)	164.93033(2)[1]

List of isotopes

Nuclide [n 1]	Z	N	Isotopic mass (Da) [n 2][n 3]	Half-life [n 4]	Decay mode [n 5]	Daughter isotope [n 6]	Spin and parity [n 7][n 4]	Natural abundance (mole fraction)
	Excitation energy[n 4]							Normal proportion	Range of variation
^140Ho	67	73	139.96854(54)#	6(3) ms			8+#
^141Ho	67	74	140.96310(54)#	4.1(3) ms			(7/2−)
^141mHo	66(2) keV			6.4(8) µs			(1/2+)
^142Ho	67	75	141.95977(54)#	400(100) ms	β^+	^142Dy	(6 to 9)
					p	^141Dy
^143Ho	67	76	142.95461(43)#	300# ms [>200 ns]	β^+	^143Dy	11/2−#
^144Ho	67	77	143.95148(32)#	0.7(1) s	β^+	^144Dy
					β^+, p	^143Tb
^145Ho	67	78	144.94720(32)#	2.4(1) s	β^+	^145Dy	(11/2−)
^145mHo	100(100)# keV			100# ms			5/2+#
^146Ho	67	79	145.94464(21)#	3.6(3) s	β^+	^146Dy	(10+)
					β^+, p (rare)	^145Tb
^147Ho	67	80	146.94006(3)	5.8(4) s	β^+	^147Dy	(11/2−)
					β^+, p (rare)	^146Tb
^148Ho	67	81	147.93772(14)	2.2(11) s	β^+	^148Dy	(1+)
^148m1Ho	400(100)# keV			9.49(12) s	β^+ (99.92%)	^148Dy	(6)−
					β^+, p (.08%)	^147Tb
^148m2Ho	690(100)# keV			2.35(4) ms			(10+)
^149Ho	67	82	148.933775(20)	21.1(2) s	β^+	^149Dy	(11/2−)
^149m1Ho	48.80(20) keV			56(3) s	β^+	^149Dy	(1/2+)
^149m2Ho	7200(350) keV			>=100 ns
^150Ho	67	83	149.933496(15)	76.8(18) s	β^+	^150Dy	2−
^150m1Ho	-10(50) keV			23.3(3) s	β^+	^150Dy	(9)+
^150m2Ho	~8000 keV			751 ns
^151Ho	67	84	150.931688(13)	35.2(1) s	β^+ (78%)	^151Dy	11/2(−)
					α (22%)	^147Tb
^151mHo	41.0(2) keV			47.2(10) s	α (77%)	^147Tb	1/2(+)
					β^+ (22%)	^151Dy
^152Ho	67	85	151.931714(15)	161.8(3) s	β^+ (88%)	^152Dy	2−
					α (12%)	^148Tb
^152m1Ho	160(1) keV			50.0(4) s			9+
^152m2Ho	3019.59(19) keV			8.4(3) µs			19−
^153Ho	67	86	152.930199(6)	2.01(3) min	β^+ (99.94%)	^153Dy	11/2−
					α (.05%)	^149Tb
^153m1Ho	68.7(3) keV			9.3(5) min	β^+ (99.82%)	^153Dy	1/2+
					α (.18%)	^149Tb
^153m2Ho	2772 keV			229(2) ns			(31/2+)
^154Ho	67	87	153.930602(9)	11.76(19) min	β^+ (99.98%)	^154Dy	2−
					α (.02%)	^150Tb
^154mHo	238(30) keV			3.10(14) min	β^+ (99.99%)	^154Dy	8+
					α (.001%)	^150Tb
					IT (rare)	^154Ho
^155Ho	67	88	154.929103(19)	48(1) min	β^+	^155Dy	5/2+
^155mHo	141.97(11) keV			880(80) µs			11/2−
^156Ho	67	89	155.92984(5)	56(1) min	β^+	^156Dy	4−
^156m1Ho	100(50)# keV			7.8(3) min	β^+	^156Dy	(9+)
					IT	^156Ho
^156m2Ho	52.4(5) keV			9.5(15) s			1−
^157Ho	67	90	156.928256(26)	12.6(2) min	β^+	^157Dy	7/2−
^158Ho	67	91	157.928941(29)	11.3(4) min	β^+ (93%)	^158Dy	5+
					α (7%)	^154Tb
^158m1Ho	67.200(10) keV			28(2) min	IT (81%)	^158Ho	2−
					β^+ (19%)	^158Dy
^158m2Ho	180(70)# keV			21.3(23) min			(9+)
^159Ho	67	92	158.927712(4)	33.05(11) min	β^+	^159Dy	7/2−
^159mHo	205.91(5) keV			8.30(8) s	IT	^159Ho	1/2+
^160Ho	67	93	159.928729(16)	25.6(3) min	β^+	^160Dy	5+
^160m1Ho	59.98(3) keV			5.02(5) h	IT (65%)	^160Ho	2−
					β^+ (35%)	^160Dy
^160m2Ho	197(16) keV			3 s			(9+)
^161Ho	67	94	160.927855(3)	2.48(5) h	EC	^161Dy	7/2−
^161mHo	211.16(3) keV			6.76(7) s	IT	^161Ho	1/2+
^162Ho	67	95	161.929096(4)	15.0(10) min	β^+	^162Dy	1+
^162mHo	106(7) keV			67.0(7) min	IT (62%)	^162Ho	6−
					β^+ (38%)	^162Dy
^163Ho	67	96	162.9287339(27)	4570(25) y	EC	^163Dy	7/2−
^163mHo	297.88(7) keV			1.09(3) s	IT	^163Ho	1/2+
^164Ho	67	97	163.9302335(30)	29(1) min	EC (60%)	^164Dy	1+
					β^− (40%)	^164Er
^164mHo	139.77(8) keV			38.0(10) min [37.5(+15−5) min]	IT	^164Ho	6−
^165Ho	67	98	164.9303221(27)	Observationally Stable[n 8]			7/2−	1.0000
^166Ho	67	99	165.9322842(27)	26.83(2) h	β^−	^166Er	0−
^166m1Ho	5.985(18) keV			1200(180) y	β^−	^166Er	(7)−
^166m2Ho	190.9052(20) keV			185(15) µs			3+
^167Ho	67	100	166.933133(6)	3.003(18) h	β^−	^167Er	7/2−
^167mHo	259.34(11) keV			6.0(10) µs			3/2+
^168Ho	67	101	167.93552(3)	2.99(7) min	β^−	^168Er	3+
^168m1Ho	59(1) keV			132(4) s	IT (99.5%)	^168Ho	(6+)
					β^− (.5%)	^168Er
^168m2Ho	143.4(2) keV			>4 µs			(1)−
^168m3Ho	192.6(2) keV			108(11) ns			1+
^169Ho	67	102	168.936872(22)	4.72(10) min	β^−	^169Er	7/2−
^170Ho	67	103	169.93962(5)	2.76(5) min	β^−	^170Er	6+#
^170mHo	120(70) keV			43(2) s	β^−	^170Er	(1+)
^171Ho	67	104	170.94147(64)	53(2) s	β^−	^171Er	7/2−#
^172Ho	67	105	171.94482(43)#	25(3) s	β^−	^172Er
^173Ho	67	106	172.94729(43)#	10# s	β^−	^173Er	7/2−#
^174Ho	67	107	173.95115(54)#	8# s
^175Ho	67	108	174.95405(64)#	5# s			7/2−#

1. ^mHo – 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. Modes of decay:

   EC:	Electron capture
   IT:	Isomeric transition

6. Bold symbol as daughter – Daughter product is stable.
7. ( ) spin value – Indicates spin with weak assignment arguments.
8. Believed to undergo α decay to ¹⁶¹Tb

References

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