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Information about Gold-172:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:171.990109±0.000358amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-9.213000±0.334000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1335.675000±0.334000MeV #
"The 1995 update to the atomic mass evaluation" by G.Audi and A.H.Wapstra, Nuclear Physics A595 vol. 4 p.409-480, December 25, 1995.
Radioactive Decay Data:

  • Half life: 4 ms ( 0.004 sec., λ = 173.287 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: α to
    168
    77
    Ir
      (Q = 0 7.100 MeV)   Branch ratio: <=100.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    1
    1
    p+ emission to
    171
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 1.100 MeV)   Branch ratio: <2.00 %
R.R.Kinsey, et al.,The NUDAT/PCNUDAT Program for Nuclear Data,paper submitted to the 9 th International Symposium of Capture-Gamma_raySpectroscopy and Related Topics, Budapest, Hungary, Octover 1996.Data extracted from NUDAT database (Jan. 14/1999)