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Information about Plutonium-237:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:237.048404±0.000003amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):45.087818±0.002342MeV
    Binding Energy:1794.274467±0.002363MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.459627±0.051899MeV
"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: 7/2-
  • Half life: 45.2 days ( 3.90528×10+06 sec., λ = 1.7749×10-07 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    237
    93
    Np
      (Q = 0.220 MeV)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    233
    92
    U
      (Q = 5.750 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.0042 %
    Meta state at 0.146 Mev
  • Spin: 1/2+ 45.2
  • Half life: 0.18 s ( 0.18 sec., λ = 3.85082 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT)
    Meta state at 2.600 Mev 0.18
  • Half life: 85 ns ( 8.5×10+10 sec., λ = 8.15467×10-12 s-1)
    Meta state at 2.900 Mev 858
  • Half life: 1.1 µs ( 1.1×10-06 sec., λ = 630134 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: SF   (Q = 0 0.000 MeV)   Branch ratio: <=100.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    237
    95
    Am
    α from
    241
    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)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
~230085 ns(3/2) -0.68(5) TDPADPRL 48 982 (82)/PRL 49 244(E) (82)
~26001.1 ms g=+0.14(2) TDPADPRL 32 1009 (74)/Cf74Upp 132 (74)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.