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Information about Neptunium-231:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:231.038233±0.000054amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):35.613955±0.050592MeV
    Binding Energy:1756.102748±0.050593MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-2.818000±0.113000MeV #
"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: (5/2)
  • Half life: 48.8 min ( 2928 sec., λ = 0.000236731 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    231
    92
    U
      (Q = 1.840 MeV)   Branch ratio: 98.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    227
    91
    Pa
      (Q = 6.370 MeV)   Branch ratio: 2.00 %
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)