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Information about Phosphorus-38:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:37.984470±0.000150amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-14.466100±0.139724MeV
    Binding Energy:309.441065±0.139724MeV
    β- Decay Energy:12.394976±0.139908MeV
"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: 0.64 s ( 0.64 sec., λ = 1.08304 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    38
    16
    S
      (Q = 12.390 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: β- +
    1
    0
    n to
    37
    16
    S
      (Q = 4.360 MeV)   Branch ratio: <10.00 %
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)