Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Plutonium-236:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:236.046048±0.000003amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):42.893512±0.002663MeV
    Binding Energy:1788.397451±0.002682MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-3.280000±0.100000MeV #
"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: 2.858 years ( 9.01413×10+07 sec., λ = 7.68956×10-09 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    232
    92
    U
      (Q = 5.867 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: 1.4E-7 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    236
    93
    Np
    α from
    240
    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)