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Saturday, January 28, 2023

Patterns in binding energy of isotopes

 NIST data - "Atomic Weights and Isotopic Compositions with Relative Atomic Masses" which may be obtained by selecting the options "All Elements" and "All isotopes" - contains many patterns, some of which are more difficult to find than others. 


The following examples may reflect distinct multiples of available energy bands - analogous to the series of emission spectrum known as the Balmer series discovered for hydrogen atoms - and that were eventually explained, firstly with Bohr's model of discrete electron shells of atoms.

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Analysis of some of the data made available by NIST

Isotope


Sn


Sn

Z


50


50

N


77


76

A


127


126

Relative Atomic Mass


126.910 390(11)


125.907 659(11)


Difference in relative atomic mass


1.002 731


Sn


Sn


50


50


59


58


109


108


108.911 2921(85)


107.911 8943(58)


Difference in relative atomic mass


0.999 3978


Difference between the above differences in relative atomic mass


0.003 3332


Sb


Sb


51


51


79


78


130


129


129.911 662(15)


128.909 147(23)


Difference in relative atomic mass


1.002 515


Sb


Sb


51


51


61


60


112


111


111.912 400(19)


110.913 2182(95)


Difference in relative atomic mass


0.999 1818


Difference between the above differences in relative atomic mass


0.003 3332

Repeating the above calculations for the two pairs of differences in relative atomic masses of Yttrium-98 and Yttrium-99, and of Yttrium-80 and Yttrium-81 shows the difference between those differences is 0.0066664 which is two times the figure from the calculcation above.

Repeating the above calculations for the two pairs of differences in relative atomic masses of Erbium-167 and Erbium-168, and of Holmium-165 and Holmium-165 shows the difference between those differences is 0.0016666 which is one-half the figure from the calculcation above:

Isotope


Er


Er

Z


68


68

N


99


98

A


167


166

Relative Atomic Mass


166.932 0546(22)


165.930 2995(22)


Difference in relative atomic mass


1.001 7551


Ho


Ho


67


67


98


97


165


164


164.930 3288(21)


163.930 2403(25)


Difference in relative atomic mass


1.000 0885


Difference between the above differences in relative atomic mass


0.001 6666

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