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Information about Gold-185:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:184.965807±0.000226amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-31.850611±0.210485MeV
    Binding Energy:1463.239412±0.210485MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-5.753000±0.348000MeV #
"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:

  • Spin: 5/2-
  • Half life: 4.25 min ( 255 sec., λ = 0.00271822 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    185
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 4.710 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.74 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    181
    77
    Ir
      (Q = 5.180 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.26 %
    Meta state at 0.000 Mev 4.25
  • Half life: 6.8 min ( 408 sec., λ = 0.00169889 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    185
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 4.710 MeV)   Branch ratio: <100.00 %
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT) to
    185
    79
    Au

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    185
    80
    Hg
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)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
04.2 m5/2- +2.17(2) LRIMSNP A493 224 (89)/PRL 58 1516 (87)
+1.98(2) LRIMSNIMPR B70 537 (92)
2.22(14) NO/SHFI 22 507 (85)
-1.10(10)) LRIMSNIMPR B70 537 (92)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.