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Information about Neptunium-228:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:228.036180±0.000210amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):33.701000±0.196000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1733.801000±0.196000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-2.373000±0.198000MeV #
"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: 61.4 s ( 61.4 sec., λ = 0.011289 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    228
    92
    U
      (Q = 4.480 MeV)   Branch ratio: 60.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    224
    91
    Pa
      (Q = 7.420 MeV)   Branch ratio: 40.00 %
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)