| Useful Quantities in Nuclear Science
 
								 
									
										| atomic mass unit (u) | mass 12C | 1.6605402x10-27 kg |  
										| electric charge (coulomb) | e | 1.60217733x10-19 C |  
										| speed of light (vacuum) | c | 299792458 m/s (exact) |  
									
										| Particle | Mass | Charge | Half-life |  
										|  | (in u) | (in electron charge, e) | (in seconds) |  
										| proton, p | 1.007276 | +1 | stable |  
										| neutron, n | 1.008665 | 0 | 624 |  
										| electron, e or e- | 0.000549 | -1 | stable |  
										| neutrino,  | > 0 | 0 | stable* |  
										| antiproton,  | 1.007276 | -1 | stable |  
										| antineutron,  | 1.008665 | 0 | 624 |  
										| positron, e+ | 0.000549 | +1 | stable |  
										| antineutrino,  | > 0 | 0 | stable* |  
										| muon, m± | 0.10565 | +1, -1 | 3.17x10-6 |  
										| pion, p± | 0.14 | +1, -1 | 3.76x10-8 |  
										| pion, p0 | 0.14 | 0 | 6.63x10-17 |  
										| photon, g | 0 | 0 | stable |  
										| gluon, g | 0 | 0 |  |  
										| up quark, u | approximately 0.005 | +2/3 |  |  
										| down quark, d | approximately 0.01 | -1/3 |  |  
										| strange quark, s | 0.1 to 0.3 | -1/3 |  |  
										| charm quark, c | 1.0 to 1.6 | +2/3 |  |  
										| bottom quark, b | 4.1 to 4.5 | -1/3 |  |  
										| top quark, t | 180 ± 12 | +2/3 |  |  
										| 1H atom | 1.007825 | 0 | stable |  
										| 2H nucleus | 2.013553 | +1 | stable |  
										| 2H atom | 2.014102 | 0 | stable |  
										| 3H nucleus | 3.015500 | +1 | 3.88x108 |  
										| 3H atom | 3.016049 | 0 | 3.88x108 |  
										| 3He nucleus | 3.014932 | +2 | stable |  
										| 3He atom | 3.016029 | 0 | stable |  
										| 4He nucleus | 4.001506 | +2 | stable |  
										| 4He atom | 4.002603 | 0 | stable |  
										| 12C atom | 12.000000 | 0 | stable |  
										| 238U atom | 238.050785 | 0 | 1.41x1017 |   Antiparticles are assumed to have same half-life as particles.*Neutrinos (antineutrinos) can change into an other one of the same type.
 From the Review of Particle Properties, R. M. Barnett et al., Physical Review D54, 1 (1996). International System of Units (SI)SI prefixes 
								 
									
										| value | name | symbol |  
										| 10-24 | yocto | y |  
										| 10-21 | zepto | z |  
										| 10-18 | atto | a |  
										| 10-15 | femto | f |  
										| 10-12 | pico | p |  
										| 10-9 | nano | n |  
										| 10-6 | micro | m |  
										| 10-3 | milli | m |  
										| 10-2 | centi | c |  
										| 10-1 | deci | d |  
										| 10 | deca | da |  
										| 102 | hecto | h |  
										| 103 | kilo | k |  
										| 106 | mega | M |  
										| 109 | giga | G |  
										| 1012 | tera | T |  
										| 1015 | peta | P |  
										| 1018 | exa | E |  
										| 1021 | zetta | Z |  
										| 1024 | yotta | Y |  Example of a Branching Ratio 
								 
									
										| 226Ac | Æ | Th + e- +  | 83% |  
										| 226Ac + e | Æ | 226Fr +  | 17% |  
										| 226Ac | Æ | 222Fr + 4He | 0.006% |  
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