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Information about Protactinium-226:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:226.027933±0.000013amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):26.019186±0.011726MeV
    Binding Energy:1726.905609±0.011730MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.310611±0.021736MeV
"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: 1.8 min ( 108 sec., λ = 0.00641803 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    222
    89
    Ac
      (Q = 6.987 MeV)   Branch ratio: 74.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    226
    90
    Th
      (Q = 2.834 MeV)   Branch ratio: 26.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    230
    93
    Np
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)