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n-XS summary


element
Information about Uranium-234:

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Uranium-234 is used in dental fixtures like crowns and dentures to provide a natural color and brightness.
    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:234.040946±0.000002amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):38.140580±0.001976MeV
    Binding Energy:1778.572444±0.002002MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.809846±0.008321MeV
"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:

  • Atomic Percent Abundance: 0.0055%
  • Spin: 0+
  • Half life: 245500 years ( 7.74307×10+12 sec., λ = 8.95184×10-14 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    230
    90
    Th
      (Q = 4.859 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: 1.7E-9 %
  • Mode of decay: Mg   (Q = -6.844 MeV)   Branch ratio: 1E-11 %
  • Mode of decay: Ne   (Q = -6.844 MeV)   Branch ratio: 9E-12 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    234
    91
    Pa
    E.C. from
    234
    93
    Np
    α from
    238
    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)