Basic Info

Fission Yield


element
Information about Iodine-139:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:138.926093±0.000034amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-68.843542±0.031213MeV
    Binding Energy:1149.292682±0.031214MeV
    β- Decay Energy:6.806000±0.023000MeV
"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: 2.280 s ( 2.28 sec., λ = 0.304012 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    139
    54
    Xe
      (Q = 6.806 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: β- +
    1
    0
    n to
    138
    54
    Xe
      (Q = 3.210 MeV)   Branch ratio: 10.00 %
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)