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Information about Gold-179:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:178.973412±0.000370amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-24.767000±0.344000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1407.728000±0.344000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-7.798000±0.464000MeV #
"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: 7.1 s ( 7.1 sec., λ = 0.0976264 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    179
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 7.400 MeV)   Branch ratio: 78.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    175
    77
    Ir
      (Q = 6.082 MeV)   Branch ratio: 22.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    183
    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)