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Information about Cobalt-50:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:49.981540±0.000180amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-17.195000±0.168000MeV #
    Binding Energy:399.638000±0.168000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-13.404000±0.310000MeV #
"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: (6+)
  • Half life: 44 ms ( 0.044 sec., λ = 15.7533 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    50
    26
    Fe
      (Q = 17.280 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. +
    1
    1
    p+ to
    49
    25
    Mn
      (Q = 13.130 MeV)   Branch ratio: >42.00 %
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)