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Information about Protactinium-228:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:228.031037±0.000005amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):28.910721±0.004897MeV
    Binding Energy:1740.156720±0.004906MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-0.306848±0.016309MeV
"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:

  • Spin: 3+
  • Half life: 22 h ( 79200 sec., λ = 8.75186×10-06 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    228
    90
    Th
      (Q = 2.148 MeV)   Branch ratio: 98.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    224
    89
    Ac
      (Q = 6.265 MeV)   Branch ratio: 2.00 %
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)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
022 h(3+) 3.5(5) NO/SNP A493 83 (89)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.