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Information about Neptunium-242:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:242.061635±0.000221amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):57.413000±0.206000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1823.088000±0.206000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:2.700000±0.206000MeV #
"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+)
  • Half life: 2.2 min ( 132 sec., λ = 0.00525112 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    242
    94
    Pu
      (Q = 2.700 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.000 Mev
  • Spin: (6) 2.2
  • Half life: 5.5 min ( 330 sec., λ = 0.00210045 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    242
    94
    Pu
      (Q = 2.700 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    242
    92
    U
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)