Skip to main content
. 2001 Sep 18;98(20):11085–11090. doi: 10.1073/pnas.201393998

Table 2.

Selected isotope mass existing at specified time

Isotope Initial mass, g Mass at 1.5 × 109 years, g Mass at 3.0 × 109 years, g Mass at 4.5 × 109 years, g
230Th 0.0 1.896  × 1014 1.160  × 1014 6.157  × 1013
232Th 0.0 2.392  × 1017 3.664  × 1017 3.896  × 1017
231Pa 0.0 4.048  × 1013 2.100  × 1013 1.277  × 1013
233Pa 0.0 4.696  × 106 1.039  × 107 1.581  × 107
232U 0.0 4.339  × 106 3.966  × 106 3.641  × 106
233U 0.0 1.011  × 1013 2.237  × 1013 3.403  × 1013
234U 0.0 6.209  × 1014 3.798  × 1014 2.015  × 1014
235U 4.867 × 1018 8.844  × 1017 4.585  × 1017 2.782  × 1017
236U 0.0 5.940  × 1015 5.312  × 1015 4.941  × 1015
237U 0.0 3.339  × 105 3.533  × 105 3.283  × 105
238U 1.606  × 1019 1.148  × 1019 7.024  × 1018 3.726  × 1018
237Np 0.0 3.855  × 1013 4.032  × 1013 3.911  × 1013
238Pu 0.0 2.338  × 106 4.303  × 106 6.296  × 106
239Pu 0.0 3.969  × 1013 4.288  × 1013 3.498  × 1013
240Pu 0.0 4.937  × 107 9.399  × 107 1.154  × 108
241Pu 0.0 1.792  × 10−1 5.986  × 10−1 1.111  × 100
241Am 0.0 5.402  × 100 1.805  × 101 3.348  × 101