What is the decay product of rubidium-87?

What is the decay product of rubidium-87?

The isotope of Rubidium 87 decays to an isotope of Strontium 87. The half-life of this isotope is approximately 48.8 billion years.

What is the RAM of rubidium?

It chemically resembles sodium but is more reactive. Properties: at. no. 37; r.a.m. 85.4678; r.d. 1.53; m.p. 38.89°C (102°F); b.p. 688°C (1270°F); most common isotope Rb 85 (72.15%).

What are the abundance of Sr 86 and Sr 87?

In geologic and environmental investigations, the ratio of 87Sr/86Sr is typically used because of their similar abundances – 7% and 10%, respectively.

What is the mass of Rb 87?

86.909184
CHEBI:52459 – rubidium-87 atom

ChEBI Name rubidium-87 atom
ChEBI ID CHEBI:52459
Definition The stable isotope of rubidium with relative atomic mass 86.909184, 27.9 atom percent natural abundance and nuclear spin 3/2.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

Is RB 87 stable?

Rubidium-87 atom is the stable isotope of rubidium with relative atomic mass 86.909184, 27.9 atom percent natural abundance and nuclear spin 3/2.

How does rubidium strontium dating work?

rubidium-strontium dating, method of estimating the age of rocks, minerals, and meteorites from measurements of the amount of the stable isotope strontium-87 formed by the decay of the unstable isotope rubidium-87 that was present in the rock at the time of its formation.

How many neutrons does RB 87 have?

50
Properties of Rubidium-87 Isotope:

Properties of Rubidium-87 Isotope: RUBIDIUM-87
Neutron Number (N) 50
Atomic Number (Z) 37
Mass Number (A) 87
Nucleon Number (A) 87

What is Rb in chemistry?

rubidium (Rb), chemical element of Group 1 (Ia) in the periodic table, the alkali metal group. Rubidium is the second most reactive metal and is very soft, with a silvery-white lustre.

What is the atomic mass unit of strontium?

87.62 uStrontium / Atomic mass

How is strontium 89 produced?

Strontium-89 has a half-life of 50.563 days and is produced via neutron capture by an enriched strontium-88 oxide target using the DOE’s High Flux Isotope Reactor, located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The product has a radionuclidic purity of >99.8% and is sold as strontium chloride solution in 0.1 N HCI.

What is the atomic mass of rubidium 85 and 87?

Rubidium

Isotope Atomic mass (Da) Isotopic abundance (amount fraction)
85Rb 84.911 789 74(3) 0.7217(2)
87Rb 86.909 180 53(4) 0.2783(2)

What is the half-life of 87 RB?

48.8 x 109 years
Rubidium has two naturally occurring isotopes, 85Rb (72.2%) and 87Rb (27.8%). Rb is radioactive, with a half-life of 48.8 x 109 years….

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