See also: List of individual Vanadium isotopes (and general data sources).
General data
Name of the isotope:Vanadium-43; V-43Symbol:43V or 4323VMass number A:43 (= number of nucleons)Atomic number Z:23 (= number of protons)Neutrons N:20Nucleon pairing (Z - N):odd - evenNuclear ratio (N/Z ratio):0.8695652173913 (= neutron-proton ratio)Neutron excess (N-Z):-3Isotopic mass:42.98077(5) u (atomic weight of Vanadium-43)Nuclide mass:42.9681529 u (calculated nuclear mass without electrons)Mass excess:-17.91263 MeVMass defect:0.372504056 u (per nucleus)Nuclear binding energy:346.98529314 MeV (per nucleus) 8.06942542 MeV (average binding energy per nucleon)Separation energy:SN = 18.37(20) MeV (first neutron) SP = 0.10(4) MeV (first proton)Half-life:79.3(24) msDecay constant λ:8.7408219490535 s-1Specific activity α:1.224697932012 × 10+23 Bq g-1 3309994410844.1 Ci g-1Spin and parity: (nuclear angular momentum)(7/2-)Mirror nucleus:Calcium-43Year of discovery:1987
Radioactive Decay
Half-life T½ = 79.3(24) ms respectively 7.93 × 10-2 seconds s.
The following table shows the atomic nuclei that are isotonic (same neutron number N = 20) and isobaric (same nucleon number A = 43) with Vanadium-43. Naturally occurring isotopes are marked in green; light green = naturally occurring radionuclides.
