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Information about Phosphorus-39:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:38.986420±0.000160amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-12.649687±0.149039MeV
    Binding Energy:315.695975±0.149039MeV
    β- Decay Energy:10.511652±0.157203MeV
"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: 0.16 s ( 0.16 sec., λ = 4.33217 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    39
    16
    S
      (Q = 10.510 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: β- +
    1
    0
    n to
    38
    16
    S
      (Q = 6.140 MeV)   Branch ratio: 41.00 %
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)