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Information about Barium-129:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:128.908674±0.000012amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-85.069842±0.011454MeV
    Binding Energy:1082.458693±0.011456MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-3.720000±0.050000MeV
"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: 1/2+
  • Half life: 2.23 h ( 8028 sec., λ = 8.63412×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    129
    55
    Cs
      (Q = 2.432 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.008 Mev
  • Spin: 7/2+ 2.23
  • Half life: 2.16 h ( 7776 sec., λ = 8.91393×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    129
    55
    Cs
      (Q = 0 2.440 MeV)   Branch ratio: <=100.00 %
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT) to
    129
    56
    Ba
      (Q = 0.008 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    129
    57
    La
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
02.23 h1/2+ -0.40(2) "[135,137Ba]""ABLRFS, R"NP A403 234 (83)/ZP A291 219 (79)
+1.60(13) st "[135,137Ba]""ABLRFS, R"NP A403 234 (83)/ZP A291 219 (79)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.