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Information about Neptunium-229:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:229.036247±0.000093amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):33.763734±0.086889MeV
    Binding Energy:1741.810323±0.086890MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-3.625437±0.112435MeV
"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:

  • Half life: 4.0 min ( 240 sec., λ = 0.00288811 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    225
    91
    Pa
      (Q = 7.010 MeV)   Branch ratio: >50.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    229
    92
    U
      (Q = 2.560 MeV)   Branch ratio: <50.00 %
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)