Periodic Table Database Schema - v0.6.3
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    The state of the nucleus with the lowest possible energy.

    type GroundState = {
        alphaDecayEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">;
        angularMomentum?: Spin;
        betaDecayEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">;
        bindingEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">;
        chargeRadius?: NumberValue<"length">;
        decayChannel?: DecayChannel[];
        dipoleMoment?: NumberValue<"magneticMoment">;
        electronCaptureEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">;
        energy?: NumberValue<"energy">;
        excitationEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">;
        halfLife?: NumberValue<"time">;
        isoSpin?: Spin;
        isotopeAbundance?: NumberValue<"massFraction">;
        isotopeMass?: NumberValue<"mass">;
        massExcess?: NumberValue<"energy">;
        neutronEmissionEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">;
        neutronSeparationEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">;
        protonSeparationEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">;
        quadrupoleMoment?: NumberValue<"area">;
    }
    Index

    Properties

    alphaDecayEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">

    The energy released during alpha particle emission.

    angularMomentum?: Spin

    The nuclear angular momentum (spin) of the ground state.

    betaDecayEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">

    The energy released during beta decay.

    bindingEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">

    The energy required to disassemble the nucleus into its constituent nucleons.

    chargeRadius?: NumberValue<"length">

    The root-mean-square radius of the nuclear charge distribution.

    decayChannel?: DecayChannel[]

    The set of observed radioactive decay pathways from the ground state.

    dipoleMoment?: NumberValue<"magneticMoment">

    The magnetic dipole moment of the nucleus in its ground state.

    electronCaptureEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">

    The energy released when an atomic electron is absorbed by a proton in the nucleus.

    energy?: NumberValue<"energy">

    The fundamental energy state (defined as zero for the ground state).

    excitationEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">

    The energy difference between the ground state and an excited nuclear level.

    halfLife?: NumberValue<"time">

    The time required for half of a sample of the radionuclide to decay.

    isoSpin?: Spin

    The quantum number related to the symmetry between protons and neutrons.

    isotopeAbundance?: NumberValue<"massFraction">

    The relative abundance of this isotope found in a natural sample of the element.

    isotopeMass?: NumberValue<"mass">

    The physical mass of the neutral atom in its ground state.

    massExcess?: NumberValue<"energy">

    The difference between the actual atomic mass and the mass number.

    neutronEmissionEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">

    The energy required to remove a neutron from the nucleus.

    neutronSeparationEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">

    The minimum energy to separate a single neutron from the nucleus.

    protonSeparationEnergy?: NumberValue<"energy">

    The minimum energy to separate a single proton from the nucleus.

    quadrupoleMoment?: NumberValue<"area">

    The measure of the non-sphericity of the nuclear charge distribution.