H Home Background Color: He Li Be Phosphorus Main Page Black White Gray B C N O F Ne Na Mg Phosphorus Pictures Page Al Si P S Cl Ar K Ca Phosphorus Technical Data Sc Ti V Cr Mn Fe Co Ni Cu Zn Ga Ge As Se Br Kr Rb Sr Y Zr Nb Mo Tc Ru Rh Pd Ag Cd In Sn Sb Te I Xe Cs Ba La Ce Pr Nd Pm Sm Eu Gd Tb Dy Ho Er Tm Yb Lu Hf Ta W Re Os Ir Pt Au Hg Tl Pb Bi Po At Rn Fr Ra Ac Th Pa U Np Pu Am Cm Bk Cf Es Fm Md No Lr Rf Db Sg Bh Hs Mt Ds Rg Cn Nh Fl Mc Lv Ts Og

Isotopes of Phosphorus (click to see decay chain): 24P  25P  26P  27P  28P  29P  30P  31P  32P  33P  34P  35P  36P  37P  38P  39P  40P  41P  42P  43P  44P  45P  46P

42P     Half-life Fermion, 15p 27n 48.5 ms Spin ? Parity ? Hide Decay Modes Probability Mode Decay Energy Daughter 50% β-n 11.887MeV 41S 50% β- 18.616MeV 42S Hide Ultimate Decay Products Yield Nuclide 52% 41K 48% 42Ca Unknown 40Ar Atomic Weight 42.001007913 Abundance None Mass Excess 0.938865MeV Binding Energy 7.769554MeV Magnetic Moment N/A Quadrupole Moment N/A   Show Element Pictures. Also show decay chains leading to this isotope. Show all decays, even very low-probability.

Click any isotope in diagram to see its data. Decay chain image generated by Mathematica's GraphPlot and IsotopeData functions from Wolfram Research, Inc..