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Isotopes of xenon

Naturally occurring xenon (54Xe) consists of nine isotopes: seven stable isotopes and two very long-lived radioactive isotopes: double electron capture has been observed in 124Xe, and double beta decay in 136Xe, which are among the longest measured half-lives of all nuclides. The isotopes 126Xe and 134Xe are also predicted to undergo double beta decay, but such decay processes have not been observed. Artificial unstable isotopes have been prepared from 108Xe to 150Xe, the longest-lived of which is 127Xe with a half-life of 36.342 days. All other nuclides have half-lives less than 12 days, most less than one hour. The shortest-lived isotope, 108Xe, has a half-life of 58 μs, and is the heaviest known nuclide with equal numbers of protons and neutrons. Of known isomers, the longest-lived is 131mXe with a half-life of 11.95 days, the second longest of all xenon's nuclides.

Xenon-124
Xenon-124 is an isotope of xenon that undergoes double electron capture to tellurium-124 with a very long half-life of years, approximately 12 orders of magnitude longer than the age of the universe. This decay was observed in the XENON1T detector in 2019, and is the slowest one ever directly observed. (Even slower decays of other nuclei have been measured, but by detecting decay products that have accumulated over billions of years rather than observing them directly.) == Xenon-129 ==
Xenon-129
(benralizumab)-treated Eosinophilic Asthma Xenon-129 is a stable nuclide that is inhaled to assess pulmonary function, and to image the lungs by xenon NMR (see image). == Xenon-133 ==
Xenon-133
Xenon-133 is a radioisotope of xenon, beta decaying to stable caesium-133 with half-life 5.2474 days. Sold as a drug under the brand name Xeneisol, (ATC code ) it is inhaled to assess pulmonary function, and to image the lungs. It is also used to image blood flow, particularly in the brain. 133Xe is a fission product produced by fission of uranium-235. It is discharged to the atmosphere in small quantities by some nuclear power plants. ==Xenon-135==
Xenon-135
Xenon-135 is a radioactive isotope of xenon, produced as a fission product of uranium. It has a half-life of 9.14 hours and is the most powerful known neutron-absorbing nuclear poison (having a neutron absorption cross-section of about 2 million barns). The overall yield of xenon-135 from fission is 6.3%, without considering any loss by neutron capture. 135Xe exerts a significant effect on nuclear reactor operation (xenon pit). It is discharged to the atmosphere in small quantities by some nuclear power plants. ==Xenon-136==
Xenon-136
Xenon-136 is an isotope of xenon that undergoes double beta decay to barium-136 with a very long half-life of years, approximately 11 orders of magnitude longer than the age of the universe. It is being used in the Enriched Xenon Observatory experiment to search for neutrinoless double beta decay. == See also ==
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