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Information about Plutonium-234:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:234.043305±0.000008amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):40.338044±0.007139MeV
    Binding Energy:1774.810273±0.007146MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-4.182000±0.208000MeV #
"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: 0+
  • Half life: 8.8 h ( 31680 sec., λ = 2.18796×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    234
    93
    Np
      (Q = 0.388 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~94.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    230
    92
    U
      (Q = 6.310 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~6.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    234
    95
    Am
    α from
    238
    96
    Cm
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)