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Properties of substance:

neptunium alpha form

Group of substances:

inorganic

Physical appearance:

rhombic metal

Empirical formula (Hill's system for organic substances):

Np

Structural formula as text:

Np

Molar/atomic mass: 237.05

Melting point (°C):

637

Boiling point (°C):

4100

Solubility (g/100 g of solvent):

water: insoluble [Ref.]

Numerical data:

Year of discovery: 1940

Density:

20.45 (25°C, g/cm3)

Half-life:

22693Np = 35 ms (α (100%))
22793Np = 510 ms (α (about 100%))
22893Np = 61.4 s (electron capture (60%), α (40%), β+spontaneous fission (0.012%))
22993Np = 4 min (α (> 50%), β+)
23093Np = 4.6 min (β+ (> 97%), α)
23193Np = 48.8 min (β+ (98%), α (2%))
23293Np = 14.7 min (β+ (about 100%), α (0.003%))
23393Np = 36.2 min (β+ (about 100%), α)
23493Np = 4.4 d (β+ (100%))
23593Np = 396.1 d (electron capture (about 100%), α (0.0026%))
23693Np = 154 000 y (electron capture (87.3%), β- (12.5%), α (0.16%))
236m93Np = 22.5 h (electron capture (52%), β- (48%))
23793Np = 2 144 000 y (α (about 100%), spontaneous fission (< 0.000 000 000 2%), heavy cluster emission 30Mg (< 0.000 000 000 004%))
23893Np = 2.117 d (β- (100%))
238m93Np = 112 ns (spontaneous fission (about 100%))
23993Np = 2.356 d (β- (about 100%))
24093Np = 61.9 min (β- (100%))
240m93Np = 7.22 min (β- (about 100%), internal transition (0.11%))
24193Np = 13.9 min (β- (100%))
24293Np = 2.2 min (β- (100%))
242m93Np = 5.5 min (β- (100%))
24393Np = 1.85 min (β- (100%))
24493Np = 2.29 min (β- (100%))

Electrode potential:

Np3+ + 3e- → Np, E = -1.856 V (water, 25°C)

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

0 (s)

Standard molar Gibbs energy of formation ΔfG0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

0 (s)

Standard molar entropy S0 (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

50.6 (s)

Molar heat capacity at constant pressure Cp (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

29.5 (s)

Enthalpy (heat) of vaporization ΔvapH (kJ/mol):

5.2

ΔHsublimation (kJ/mol):

422

Standard molar enthalpy (heat) of formation ΔfH0 (298.15 K, kJ/mol):

464 (g)

Standard molar entropy S0 (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

197.6 (g)

Molar heat capacity at constant pressure Cp (298.15 K, J/(mol·K)):

20.8 (g)

References:

  1. Гурвич Я.А. Справочник молодого аппаратчика-химика. - М.: Химия, 1991. - pp. 51 [Russian]
  2. Ефимов А.И. и др. Свойства неорганических соединений. Справочник. - Л.: Химия, 1983. - pp. 170-171 [Russian]
  3. Михайлов В.А. Аналитическая химия нептуния. - М.: Наука, 1971. - pp. 13 [Russian]
  4. Рабинович В.А., Хавин З.Я. Краткий химический справочник. - Л.: Химия, 1977. - pp. 86 [Russian]

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