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Information about Phosphorus-42:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:42.000090±0.000540amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):0.084000±0.503000MeV #
    Binding Energy:327.176000±0.503000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:17.326000±0.599000MeV #
"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: 110 ms ( 0.11 sec., λ = 6.30134 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    42
    16
    S
      (Q = 17.300 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: β- +
    1
    0
    n to
    41
    16
    S
      (Q = 10.600 MeV)   Branch ratio: 50.00 %
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)