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Decay Energy of Carbon-11 isotope

Sensei
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Hello!

On wiki page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_carbon
we can read that decay energy of Carbon-11 isotope is

11C -> 11B + e+ + Ve + 0.96 MeV

 

The first one with 0.96 MeV is correct. I am receiving exactly the same value.

 

11C + e- -> 11B + Ve + 3.17 MeV

 

But this one, I am not so sure whether it's correct.

 

Can someone point me to other sources mentioning this decay energy of Carbon-11 to verify data.. ?

The best would be couple independent sources.

 

After posting I found this

http://www.nucleide.org/DDEP_WG/Nuclides/C-11_tables.pdf

which mentions 1.982 MeV as decay energy of Carbon-11 (decay through electron capture).

And that was mine previously calculated value too (so I was quite surprised that it doesn't match wiki page)..

 

Best Regards!

Edited by Sensei

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So it appears that wikipedia has incorrect data.

 

Can someone with wikipedia account fix it?

 

Change row:

 

"11C + e- -> 11B + Ve + 3.17 MeV"

 

to

 

"11C + e- -> 11B + Ve + 1.982 MeV"

 

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