Vanadium-59

Properties and data of the isotope ⁵⁹V.

Contents

General Data

Radioactive Decay

Parent Nuclides

Isotones und Isobares

See also: List of individual Vanadium isotopes (and general data sources).

General data

Name of the isotope:Vanadium-59; V-59Symbol:⁵⁹V or 5923VMass number A:59 (= number of nucleons)Atomic number Z:23 (= number of protons)Neutrons N:36Isotopic mass:58.95939(17) u (atomic weight of Vanadium-59)Nuclide mass:58.9467729 u (calculated nuclear mass without electrons)Mass excess:-37.82797 MeVMass defect:0.532522712 u (per nucleus)Nuclear binding energy:496.04171109 MeV (per nucleus)
8.40748663 MeV (average binding energy per nucleon)Separation energy:S_N = 5.50(18) MeV (first neutron)
S_P = 14.01(26) MeV (first proton)Half-life:97(2) msDecay constant λ:7.1458472222675 s^-1Specific activity α:7.41953423035 × 10⁺²² Bq g^-1
2005279521718.6 Ci g^-1Spin and parity:
(nuclear angular momentum)(5/2-.3/2-)Year of discovery:1985

Radioactive Decay

Half-life T_½ = 97(2) ms respectively 9.7 × 10^-2 seconds s.

Decay mode	Daughter	Probability	Decay energy	γ energy (intensity)
β^-	⁵⁹Cr	100 %	10.25(27) MeV
β^-, n ?	⁵⁸Cr	< 0.03 %	6.09(16) MeV

Parent Nuclides

Direct parent isotope is: ⁵⁹Ti.

Isotones and Isobars

The following table shows the atomic nuclei that are isotonic (same neutron number N = 36) and isobaric (same nucleon number A = 59) with Vanadium-59. Naturally occurring isotopes are marked in green; light green = naturally occurring radionuclides.

Z	Isotone N = 36	Isobar A = 59
19	⁵⁵K
20	⁵⁶Ca
21	⁵⁷Sc	⁵⁹Sc
22	⁵⁸Ti	⁵⁹Ti
23	⁵⁹V	⁵⁹V
24	⁶⁰Cr	⁵⁹Cr
25	⁶¹Mn	⁵⁹Mn
26	⁶²Fe	⁵⁹Fe
27	⁶³Co	⁵⁹Co
28	⁶⁴Ni	⁵⁹Ni
29	⁶⁵Cu	⁵⁹Cu
30	⁶⁶Zn	⁵⁹Zn
31	⁶⁷Ga	⁵⁹Ga
32	⁶⁸Ge	⁵⁹Ge
33	⁶⁹As
34	⁷⁰Se
35	⁷¹Br
36	⁷²Kr
37	⁷³Rb
38	⁷⁴Sr