Basic Info

Fission Yield


element
Information about Praseodymium-138:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:137.910749±0.000016amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-83.136860±0.014533MeV
    Binding Energy:1150.820557±0.014535MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.100000±0.200000MeV #
"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: 1+
  • Half life: 1.45 min ( 87 sec., λ = 0.00796721 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    138
    58
    Ce
      (Q = 4.437 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.364 Mev
  • Spin: 7- 1.45
  • Half life: 2.12 h ( 7632 sec., λ = 9.08212×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    138
    58
    Ce
      (Q = 4.801 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    138
    60
    Nd
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)