Np
Neptunium-242
Protons (Z)
93
Neutrons (N)
149
Mass number
242
Half-Life
2.2 m
Abundance
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Mass
242.062 u
Mass Excess
57,420.0 keV
Spin
(1+)
Discovered
1979
Binding energy per nucleon
7,533 keV
Neutron separation energy
4,971 keV
Proton separation energy
6,069 keV
Decay Mode
- β⁻→Plutonium-242100%
Decay chain
- NpNeptunium-242Z 93 · N 1492.2 m
- β⁻100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- β⁻100%
- β⁻100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α100%
- α99.98%
- β⁻100%
- β⁻99.976%
- α100%
- β⁻~100%
- β⁻~100%
- α100%