Discovery of the Tungsten Isotopes

TL;DR

This paper reviews the discovery history of 35 tungsten isotopes, summarizing their first identification methods and publication details, providing a comprehensive overview of their experimental discovery.

Contribution

It compiles and discusses the first refereed publications for each tungsten isotope, detailing their production and identification methods.

Findings

35 tungsten isotopes have been observed.

First publication details for each isotope are summarized.

Production and identification methods are outlined.

Abstract

Thirty-five tungsten isotopes have so far been observed; the discovery of these isotopes is discussed. For each isotope a brief summary of the first refereed publication, including the production and identification method, is presented.