Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Protactinium-232:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:232.038582±0.000008amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):35.938635±0.007890MeV
    Binding Energy:1765.414097±0.007897MeV
    β- Decay Energy:1.337103±0.007428MeV
"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: (2-)
  • Half life: 1.31 days ( 113184 sec., λ = 6.12407×10-06 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    232
    92
    U
      (Q = 1.337 MeV)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    232
    90
    Th
      (Q = 0.495 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.0030 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    236
    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)