See also: List of individual Vanadium isotopes (and general data sources).
General data
Name of the isotope:Vanadium-56; V-56Symbol:56V or 5623VMass number A:56 (= number of nucleons)Atomic number Z:23 (= number of protons)Neutrons N:33Nucleon pairing (Z - N):odd - oddNuclear ratio (N/Z ratio):1.4347826086957 (= neutron-proton ratio)Neutron excess (N-Z):10Isotopic mass:55.95045(19) u (atomic weight of Vanadium-56)Nuclide mass:55.9378329 u (calculated nuclear mass without electrons)Mass excess:-46.15553 MeVMass defect:0.515467964 u (per nucleus)Nuclear binding energy:480.15531566 MeV (per nucleus) 8.57420207 MeV (average binding energy per nucleon)Separation energy:SN = 5.08(20) MeV (first neutron) SP = 11.78(24) MeV (first proton)Half-life:216(4) msDecay constant λ:3.2090147248146 s-1Specific activity α:3.453973716698 × 10+22 Bq g-1 933506409918.54 Ci g-1Spin and parity: (nuclear angular momentum)1+Year of discovery:1980
Radioactive Decay
Half-life T½ = 216(4) ms respectively 2.16 × 10-1 seconds s.
The following table shows the atomic nuclei that are isotonic (same neutron number N = 33) and isobaric (same nucleon number A = 56) with Vanadium-56. Naturally occurring isotopes are marked in green; light green = naturally occurring radionuclides.
