It's Elemental
Isotopes of the Element Phosphorus
Phosphorus
Most of the isotope data on this site has been obtained from the National Nuclear Data Center. Please visit their site for more information.
Isotopes With A Known Natural Abundance
| Mass Number | Natural Abundance | Half-life |
| 31 | 100% | STABLE |
Known Isotopes
| Mass Number | Half-life | Decay Mode | Branching Percentage |
| 24 | No Data Available | Electron Capture (suspected) | No Data Available |
| Proton Emission (suspected) | No Data Available | ||
| 25 | < 30 nanoseconds | Proton Emission | 100.00% |
| 26 | 43.7 milliseconds | Electron Capture | 100.00% |
| Electron Capture with delayed Proton Emission | No Data Available | ||
| 27 | 260 milliseconds | Electron Capture | 100.00% |
| Electron Capture with delayed Proton Emission | 0.07% | ||
| 28 | 270.3 milliseconds | Electron Capture | 100.00% |
| Electron Capture with delayed Proton Emission | 1.3×10-3 % | ||
| Electron Capture with delayed Alpha Decay | 8.6×10-4 % | ||
| 29 | 4.142 seconds | Electron Capture | 100.00% |
| 30 | 2.498 minutes | Electron Capture | 100.00% |
| 31 | STABLE | - | - |
| 32 | 14.262 days | Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% |
| 33 | 25.35 days | Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% |
| 34 | 12.43 seconds | Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% |
| 35 | 47.3 seconds | Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% |
| 36 | 5.6 seconds | Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% |
| 37 | 2.31 seconds | Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% |
| 38 | 0.64 seconds | Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% |
| Beta-minus Decay with delayed Neutron Emission | 12.00% | ||
| 39 | 0.28 seconds | Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% |
| Beta-minus Decay with delayed Neutron Emission | 26.00% | ||
| 40 | 125 milliseconds | Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% |
| Beta-minus Decay with delayed Neutron Emission | 15.80% | ||
| 41 | 100 milliseconds | Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% |
| Beta-minus Decay with delayed Neutron Emission | 30.00% | ||
| 42 | 48.5 milliseconds | Beta-minus Decay with delayed Neutron Emission | 50.00% |
| Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% | ||
| 43 | 36.5 milliseconds | Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% |
| Beta-minus Decay with delayed Neutron Emission | 100.00% | ||
| 44 | 18.5 milliseconds | Beta-minus Decay | No Data Available |
| Beta-minus Decay with delayed Neutron Emission | No Data Available | ||
| 45 | > 200 nanoseconds | Beta-minus Decay | No Data Available |
| 46 | > 200 nanoseconds | Beta-minus Decay | 100.00% |
| 47 | No Data Available | No Data Available | No Data Available |
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