Vanadium-66

Properties and data of the isotope ⁶⁶V.

Contents

General Data

Radioactive Decay

Isotones und Isobares

Literature

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

General data

Name of the isotope:Vanadium-66; V-66Symbol:⁶⁶V or 6623VMass number A:66 (= number of nucleons)Atomic number Z:23 (= number of protons)Neutrons N:43Nucleon pairing (Z - N):odd - oddNuclear ratio (N/Z ratio):1.8695652173913 (= neutron-proton ratio)Neutron excess (N-Z):20Isotopic mass:65.99398(54) u (atomic weight of Vanadium-66)Nuclide mass:65.9813629 u (calculated nuclear mass without electrons)Mass excess:-5.60759 MeVMass defect:0.55858712400001 u (per nucleus)Nuclear binding energy:520.32055448 MeV (per nucleus)
7.88364476 MeV (average binding energy per nucleon)Separation energy:S_N = 1.90(71) MeV (first neutron)Half-life:360 nsDecay constant λ:1925408.8348887 s^-1Specific activity α:1.756991020127 × 10⁺²⁸ Bq g^-1
4.74862437872 × 10⁺¹⁷ Ci g^-1Spin and parity:
(nuclear angular momentum)Year of discovery:2009

Radioactive Decay

Half-life T_½ = 360 ns respectively 3.60 × 10^-7 seconds s.

Decay mode	Daughter	Probability	Decay energy	γ energy (intensity)
β^-	⁶⁶Cr	?	19.11(64) MeV
β^-, n	⁶⁵Cr	?	14.54(58) MeV

Isotones and Isobars

The following table shows the atomic nuclei that are isotonic (same neutron number N = 43) and isobaric (same nucleon number A = 66) with Vanadium-66. Naturally occurring isotopes are marked in green; light green = naturally occurring radionuclides.

Z	Isotone N = 43	Isobar A = 66
22	⁶⁵Ti	⁶⁶Ti
23	⁶⁶V	⁶⁶V
24	⁶⁷Cr	⁶⁶Cr
25	⁶⁸Mn	⁶⁶Mn
26	⁶⁹Fe	⁶⁶Fe
27	⁷⁰Co	⁶⁶Co
28	⁷¹Ni	⁶⁶Ni
29	⁷²Cu	⁶⁶Cu
30	⁷³Zn	⁶⁶Zn
31	⁷⁴Ga	⁶⁶Ga
32	⁷⁵Ge	⁶⁶Ge
33	⁷⁶As	⁶⁶As
34	⁷⁷Se	⁶⁶Se
35	⁷⁸Br	⁶⁶Br
36	⁷⁹Kr
37	⁸⁰Rb
38	⁸¹Sr
39	⁸²Y
40	⁸³Zr
41	⁸⁴Nb
42	⁸⁵Mo
43	⁸⁶Tc
44	⁸⁷Ru