Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Uranium-233:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:233.039628±0.000003amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):36.913421±0.002804MeV
    Binding Energy:1771.728280±0.002821MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.028513±0.051640MeV
"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: 5/2+
  • Half life: 159200 years ( 5.02117×10+12 sec., λ = 1.38045×10-13 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    229
    90
    Th
      (Q = 4.909 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: <6.0E-9 %
  • Mode of decay: Ne   Branch ratio: 7E-11 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    233
    91
    Pa
    E.C. from
    233
    93
    Np
    α from
    237
    94
    Pu
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
01.6x10*5y5/2+ m/m(235U) [235U]ABLSBRASP 54 (5) 13 (90)
= 1.5604(14)
0.59(5) [235U]EPRJP C16 6627 (83)
Q/Q(235U) [235U]ABLSBRASP 54 (5) 13 (90)
= 0.746(2)
3.663(8) a Mu-XPRL 53 1888 (84)
4050 ps7/2+ 0.64(3) a Mu-XPRL 53 1888 (84)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.