phosphorus-32
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Phosphorus-32 (32P) is a radioactive isotope of phosphorus, containing one more neutron than the common and stable isotope of phosphorus, phosphorus-31.
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- Instance of
- isotope of phosphorus
- Subclass of
- phosphorus
- Mass
- 31.973907643
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- atomic number
- 15
- neutron number
- 17
- decays to
- sulfur-32
- half-life
- 14.262
- spin quantum number
- 1.0
- parity quantum number
- 1
- isomeric SMILES
- [32P]
- canonical SMILES
- [P]
- mass excess
- -24304.874
- binding energy
- 270851.84
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- Decay
- Production
- Uses
- Biochemistry and molecular biology
- Plant sciences
- Safety
- References
Phosphorus-32 (32P) is a radioactive isotope of phosphorus, containing one more neutron than the common and stable isotope of phosphorus, phosphorus-31.
Phosphorus is found in many organic molecules, and so, phosphorus-32 has many applications in medicine, biochemistry, and molecular biology where it can be used to trace phosphorylated molecules (for example, in elucidating metabolic pathways) and radioactively label DNA and RNA.
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