Periodic Table/Iron/⁴⁶Fe

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⁴⁶Fe

Iron-46

Radioactive· Half-life: 13.0 ms

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

26

Neutrons (N)

20

Mass Number (A)

46

Atomic Mass

46.001299AMU

Spin / Parity

0+

Binding E/A

7.314keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

13.0 ms

Decay Modesoverview · half-life · α · β⁻ · β⁺

β⁺

100.0%

β⁺p

78.7%

2p

Decay Chain

⁴⁶FeIron13.0 ms

β⁺100.0%

β⁺p⁴⁵Cr78.7%

2p⁴⁴Cr

⁴⁶MnManganese36.2 ms

β⁺100.0%

β⁺p⁴⁵V57.0%

2p⁴⁴V18.0%

β⁺α⁴²Ti

⁴⁶CrChromium224 ms

β⁺100.0%

⁴⁶VVanadium423 ms

β⁺100.0%

⁴⁶TiTitaniumSTABLE

5-step decay chain → stable · Primary path shown · branching ratios indicated

Other Isotopes of Iron

45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76

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