See also: List of individual Vanadium isotopes (and general data sources).
General data
Name of the isotope:Vanadium-63; V-63Symbol:63V or 6323VMass number A:63 (= number of nucleons)Atomic number Z:23 (= number of protons)Neutrons N:40Nucleon pairing (Z - N):odd - evenNuclear ratio (N/Z ratio):1.7391304347826 (= neutron-proton ratio)Neutron excess (N-Z):17Isotopic mass:62.97650(43) u (atomic weight of Vanadium-63)Nuclide mass:62.9638829 u (calculated nuclear mass without electrons)Mass excess:-21.89011 MeVMass defect:0.550072376 u (per nucleus)Nuclear binding energy:512.38911781 MeV (per nucleus) 8.1331606 MeV (average binding energy per nucleon)Separation energy:SN = 4.48(50) MeV (first neutron) SP = 16.68(56) MeV (first proton)Half-life:17(3) msDecay constant λ:40.77336356235 s-1Specific activity α:3.8989612733 × 10+23 Bq g-1 10537733171216 Ci g-1Spin and parity: (nuclear angular momentum)7/2-Year of discovery:1997
Radioactive Decay
Half-life T½ = 17(3) ms respectively 1.7 × 10-2 seconds s.
The following table shows the atomic nuclei that are isotonic (same neutron number N = 40) and isobaric (same nucleon number A = 63) with Vanadium-63. Naturally occurring isotopes are marked in green; light green = naturally occurring radionuclides.
