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Information about Gold-178:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:177.975975±0.000430amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-22.379000±0.401000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1397.269000±0.401000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-6.056000±0.401000MeV #
"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: 2.6 s ( 2.6 sec., λ = 0.266595 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    178
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 9.600 MeV)   Branch ratio: <=60.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    174
    77
    Ir
      (Q = 6.120 MeV)   Branch ratio: >=40.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    182
    81
    Tl
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)