Talk:Isotopes of lithium
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Li8 Decay is Misleading
Li-8 decay is misleading. The footnote explains it's the equivalent of Spontaneous Fission with Positron emission, and lists the decay type as Alpha plus Beta- (positron). It seems to me it's more appropriate to say it uses Beta- plus Alpha decay and results in He4, not Be8. Does it spend any time at all in Be8, after all? TimeHorse (talk)
A new particle accelerator aims to unlock secrets of bizarre atomic nuclei
Here is an article on Lithium-11 with halo effect at A new particle accelerator aims to unlock secrets of bizarre atomic nuclei. Rjluna2 (talk) 19:41, 12 June 2022 (UTC)
Discrepancy in Abundances
The table in the article gives: Li-6 4.85%, Li-7 95.15% The pie chart gives: Li-6 7.59%, Li-7 92.41% 45.49.245.43 (talk) 21:31, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
- Good catch. I have removed the (2013) pie chart, abundances have changed / become more precise since. Especially for lithium btw (complicated spread of un/natural occurrances). Standard atomic weight, AME, is more current data. Thanks for the report. DePiep (talk) 23:21, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
Percentage
Correct is — 6Li (7,5 %) and 7Li (92,5 %); incorrect — 6Li (4.85%) and 7Li (95.15%)! Why? Becouse standard atomic weight in first case will be 6.940037 and in second 6.967460. Please find source for second one. source for the first one is ruwiki. Surprizi (talk) 13:42, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
| isotope | Z | N | atomic mass | % in nature | average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6Li | 3 | 3 | 6.015122795(16) | 7.59 % | 0.456547 |
| 7Li | 3 | 4 | 7.01600455(8) | 92.41 % | 6.483489 |
| Ar°(Li) | 100% | 6.940037 |
If I am wrong, would you please help me to calculate standard atomic weight — 6.94.--Surprizi (talk) 14:32, 3 May 2023 (UTC)
"Lithium is an element with only two stable isotopes, 6Li and 7Li, and so there is only one stable isotope ratio involved (see Figure 1). The standard isotopic reference material for lithium,1 IRMM-016, has a measured stable isotope ratio that leads to a mole fraction for 6Li of 0.0759 (which corresponds to an isotopic abundance value of 7.59%) and a mole fraction for 7Li of 0.9241 (which corresponds to the isotopic abundance value of 92.41%). The product of each isotope’s atomic mass and its isotopic abundance, summed over both isotopes leads to a calculated value of 6.94 for the atomic weight of lithium"[1][2][3].--Surprizi (talk) 14:38, 3 May 2023 (UTC)