N-16

N-16 (nitrogen-16)

half-life | 7.13 seconds (7.102 to 7.158 s) mean lifetime | 10.3 seconds (10.24 to 10.33 s) decay constant | 0.0971 per second specific activity | 3.65×10^9 TBq/g (terabecquerels per gram) width | 6.4×10^-17 eV (electronvolts) decay modes | β^- (electron emission) | β^-α (electron + delayed α) final decay products | O-16 (100%) | C-12 (0.001%)

decay mode | β^- (electron emission) branching ratio | 100% Q-value | 10.42066 MeV (megaelectronvolts) daughter nuclide | O-16 decay mode | β^-α (electron + delayed α) branching ratio | 0.001% Q-value | 3.25874 MeV (megaelectronvolts) daughter nuclide | C-12

lead | 5.56 mm portland concrete | 25.4 mm water | 51.7 mm air | 42.2 m

Decay chain

atomic number (Z) | 7 mass number (A) | 16 neutron number | 9 atomic mass | 16.006101658 u (unified atomic mass units) mass excess | 5.683658 MeV (megaelectronvolts) binding energy per nucleon | 7.373812 MeV (megaelectronvolts)

Mass properties

Nearby isotopes

spin parity J^π | 2^- (atomic fermion)

Quantum properties

E_level | spin parity J^π | half-life τ_1/2 | width Δ 120.42 keV (kiloelectronvolts) | 0^- | 5.25×10^-6 seconds | 8.69×10^-11 eV (electronvolts) 298.22 keV (kiloelectronvolts) | 3^- | 9.13×10^-11 seconds | 5×10^-6 eV (electronvolts) 397.27 keV (kiloelectronvolts) | 1^- | 3.9×10^-12 seconds | 1.17×10^-4 eV (electronvolts) 3353 keV (kiloelectronvolts) | 1^+ | 3×10^-20 seconds | 15 keV (kiloelectronvolts) 3523 keV (kiloelectronvolts) | 2^+ | 2×10^-19 seconds | 3 keV (kiloelectronvolts) 3963 keV (kiloelectronvolts) | 3^+ | 2×10^-19 seconds | 2 keV (kiloelectronvolts) 4320 keV (kiloelectronvolts) | 1^+ | 2.3×10^-20 seconds | 20 keV (kiloelectronvolts) 4391 keV (kiloelectronvolts) | 1^- | 5.6×10^-21 seconds | 82 keV (kiloelectronvolts) 4760 keV (kiloelectronvolts) | 1^- | 1.82×10^-21 seconds | 250 keV (kiloelectronvolts) 4783 keV (kiloelectronvolts) | 2^+ | 7.7×10^-21 seconds | 59 keV (kiloelectronvolts)