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Information about Phosphorus-40:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:39.991050±0.000210amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-8.336870±0.195614MeV
    Binding Energy:319.454481±0.195614MeV
    β- Decay Energy:14.512674±0.304130MeV
"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: 260 ms ( 0.26 sec., λ = 2.66595 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    40
    16
    S
      (Q = 14.500 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: β- +
    1
    0
    n to
    39
    16
    S
      (Q = 6.750 MeV)   Branch ratio: 30.00 %
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)