Periodic Table/Potassium/³⁸K

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³⁸K

Potassium-38

Radioactive· Half-life: 7.65 min

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

19

Neutrons (N)

19

Mass Number (A)

38

Atomic Mass

37.969081AMU

Spin / Parity

3+

Binding E/A

8.183keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

7.65 min

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

β⁺

100.0%

Decay Chain

³⁸KPotassium7.65 min

β⁺100.0%

³⁸ArArgonSTABLE

2-step decay chain → stable · Primary path shown

Other Isotopes of Potassium

31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59

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