Basic Info

Fission Yield

n-XS summary


element
Information about Molybdenum-99:

WikipediaNeutron Cross SectionsX-Ray TransitionsX-Ray Attenuation

    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:98.907712±0.000002amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-85.966080±0.001826MeV
    Binding Energy:852.168195±0.001831MeV
    β- Decay Energy:1.357227±0.000959MeV
"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: 1/2+
  • Half life: 65.94 h ( 237384 sec., λ = 2.91994×10-06 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    99
    43
    Tc
      (Q = 1.357 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    99
    41
    Nb
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
065.9 h1/2+ 0.375(3) [95Mo]ABPS 18 209 (78)
9817 ms5/2+ -0.775(5) TDPADPR C18 2494 (78)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.