See also: List of individual Vanadium isotopes (and general data sources).
General data
Name of the isotope:Vanadium-46m; V-46mSymbol:46mV or 46m23VMass number A:46 (= number of nucleons)Atomic number Z:23 (= number of protons)Neutrons N:23Nucleon pairing (Z - N):odd - oddNuclear ratio (N/Z ratio):1 (= neutron-proton ratio)Neutron excess (N-Z):0Excitation energy:801.46(10) keVIsotopic mass:45.96019797(22) u (atomic weight of Vanadium-46m)Nuclide mass:45.9475809 u (calculated nuclear mass without electrons)Mass excess:-37.07535 MeVMass defect:0.419070834 u (per nucleus)Nuclear binding energy:390.36196745 MeV (per nucleus) 8.48612973 MeV (average binding energy per nucleon)Half-life:1.02(7) msDecay constant λ:679.5560593725 s-1Specific activity α:8.904187589712 × 10+24 Bq g-1 2.406537186408 × 10+14 Ci g-1Spin and parity: (nuclear angular momentum)3+
Radioactive Decay
Half-life T½ = 1.02(7) ms respectively 1.02 × 10-3 seconds s.
Decay mode
Daughter
Probability
Decay energy
γ energy (intensity)
Iso
46V
100 %
Nuclear Isomers
Nuclear isomers or excited states with the activation energy in keV related to the ground state.
The following table shows the atomic nuclei that are isotonic (same neutron number N = 23) and isobaric (same nucleon number A = 46) with Vanadium-46m. Naturally occurring isotopes are marked in green; light green = naturally occurring radionuclides.
