Nitrogen-10

Nitrogen-10 is a radioisotope of the chemical element nitrogen, which, in addition to the element-specific 7 protons, has 3 neutrons in the atomic nucleus, resulting in the mass number 10. The very short-lived, unstable and therefore radioactive nuclide, which can only be produced artificially, has no practical significance; Working with ¹⁰N is for academic purposes only.

General data

Name of the isotope:Nitrogen-10; N-10Symbol:¹⁰N or 107NMass number A:10 (= number of nucleons)Atomic number Z:7 (= number of protons)Neutrons N:3Isotopic mass:10.04165(43) u (atomic weight of Nitrogen-10)Nuclide mass:10.03781 u (calculated nuclear mass without electrons)Mass excess:38.79673 MeVMass defect:0.039119972 u (per nucleus)Nuclear binding energy:36.4400192 MeV (per nucleus)
3.64400192 MeV (average binding energy per nucleon)Half-life:0.180(13) zsDecay constant λ:3.850817669777 × 10⁺²¹ s^-1Specific activity α:2.319016643333 × 10⁺⁴⁴ Bq g^-1
6.267612549549 × 10⁺³³ Ci g^-1Spin and parity:
(nuclear angular momentum)(1-)Isobaric spin: 2Mirror nucleus:Lithium-10Year of discovery:2002

Decay mode	Daughter	Probability	Decay energy	γ energy (intensity)
p	⁹C	100 %	23.101(400) MeV

Decay mode

Daughter

Probability

Decay energy

γ energy
(intensity)

⁹C

100 %

23.101(400) MeV

OZ	Isotone N = 3	Isobar A = 10
1	⁴H
2	⁵He	¹⁰He
3	⁶Li	¹⁰Li
4	⁷Be	¹⁰Be
5	⁸B	¹⁰B
6	⁹C	¹⁰C
7	¹⁰N	¹⁰N
8	¹¹O

Isotone N = 3

Isobar A = 10

⁴H

⁵He

¹⁰He

⁶Li

¹⁰Li

⁷Be

¹⁰Be

⁸B

¹⁰B

⁹C

¹⁰C

¹⁰N

¹¹O

Literature and References

[1] - A. Lépine-Szily, J. M. Oliveira, Jr., V. R. Vanin et al.:
Observation of the particle-unstable nucleus ¹⁰N.
In: Physical Review C, 65, 054318, (2002), DOI 10.1103/PhysRevC.65.054318.

[2] - J. Hooker, G. V. Rogachev, V. Z. Goldberg et al.:
Structure of ¹⁰N in ⁹C+p resonance scattering.
In: Physics Letters B, 769, 62-66, (2017), DOI 10.1016/j.physletb.2017.03.025.