42
16
S
element 		Information about Sulfur-42:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:41.981490±0.000350amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-17.241951±0.326023MeV
    Binding Energy:343.719855±0.326023MeV
    β- Decay Energy:7.745377±0.343825MeV
"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: 0.56 s ( 0.56 sec., λ = 1.23776 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: β- to
    42
    17
    Cl
       (Q = 7.700 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: β- +
    1
    0
    n to
    41
    17
    Cl
       (Q = 2.000 MeV)   Branch ratio: <4.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    42
    15
    P
    β- +
    1
    0
    n from
    43
    15
    P
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)