Periodic Table/Plutonium/²⁴³Pu

← 242Pu244Pu →

²⁴³Pu

Plutonium-243

Radioactive· Half-life: 4.96 h

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

94

Neutrons (N)

149

Mass Number (A)

243

Atomic Mass

243.062002AMU

Spin / Parity

7/2+

Binding E/A

7.333keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

4.96 h

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

β⁻

100.0%

Decay Chain

²⁴³PuPlutonium4.96 h

β⁻100.0%

²⁴³AmAmericium7.35 ky

α100.0%

²³⁹NpNeptunium2.36 d

β⁻100.0%

α²³⁵Pa

²³⁹PuPlutonium24.1 ky

α100.0%

²³⁵UUranium704 My

α100.0%

20Ne²¹⁵Pb8.00%

25Ne²¹⁰Pb8.00%

28Mg²⁰⁷Hg8.00%

²³¹ThThorium1.06 d

β⁻100.0%

²³¹PaProtactinium32.6 ky

α100.0%

24Ne²⁰⁷Tl13.4%

23F²⁰⁸Pb9.90%

²²⁷AcActinium21.8 y

β⁻98.6%

α²²³Fr1.38%

²²⁷ThThorium18.7 d

α100.0%

²²³RaRadium11.4 d

α100.0%

¹⁴C²⁰⁹Pb8.90%

²¹⁹RnRadon3.96 s

α100.0%

²¹⁵PoPolonium1.78 ms

α100.0%

β⁻²¹⁵At2.30%

²¹¹PbLead36.2 min

β⁻100.0%

²¹¹BiBismuth2.14 min

α100.0%

β⁻²¹¹Po0.28%

²⁰⁷TlThallium4.77 min

β⁻100.0%

²⁰⁷PbLeadSTABLE

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

Other Isotopes of Plutonium

221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247

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