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Dear All, thanks very much for the discussion. Extending this discussion, may I also know, why Np-241 (13.2 min), Pu-241(14 yrs.) and Am-241 (433 yrs) they have increasing half-lives. We have for Np-241, 148 neutrons (even) and 93 protons (odd) Pu-241, 147 neutrons (odd) and 94 protons...

Hello All, I need some explanation on the relative stability of 237-Np and 237-Pu. We know that 237-Np has 2.144x10^{6} yrs of half-life. On the other hand, 237-Pu , which has only 1 extra neutron as compared to 237-Np has a half-life of 45.2 days with EC and alpha as most prominent decay...