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Information about Argon-39:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:38.964313±0.000005amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-33.241836±0.005008MeV
    Binding Energy:333.941065±0.005008MeV
    β- Decay Energy:0.565000±0.005000MeV
"The 1995 update to the atomic mass evaluation" by G.Audi and A.H.Wapstra, Nuclear Physics A595 vol. 4 p.409-480, December 25, 1995.
Radioactive Decay Data:

  • Spin: 7/2-
  • Half life: 269 years ( 8.48426×10+09 sec., λ = 8.1698×10-11 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    39
    19
    K
      (Q = 0.565 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    39
    17
    Cl
R.R.Kinsey, et al.,The NUDAT/PCNUDAT Program for Nuclear Data,paper submitted to the 9 th International Symposium of Capture-Gamma_raySpectroscopy and Related Topics, Budapest, Hungary, Octover 1996.Data extracted from NUDAT database (Jan. 14/1999)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
0269 y7/2- -1.588(15) [37Ar]CFBLS/b-NMRNP A607 1 (96)
-1.3(3) OJOSA 57 1452 (67)
-0.12(3) [37Ar]CFBLS/b-NMRNP A607 1 (96)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.