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Information about Chlorine-46:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:45.984120±0.000540amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-14.792000±0.503000MeV #
    Binding Energy:372.773000±0.503000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:14.929000±0.505000MeV #
"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: 0+
  • Half life: 400 ms ( 0.4 sec., λ = 1.73287 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: β- to
    46
    18
    Ar
      (Q = 14.900 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: β- +
    1
    0
    n to
    45
    18
    Ar
      (Q = 6.900 MeV)   Branch ratio: 24.00 %
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)