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Information about Cesium-122:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:121.916122±0.000018amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-78.131893±0.016329MeV
    Binding Energy:1019.803838±0.016329MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-3.855000±0.299000MeV #
"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+
  • Half life: 21.0 s ( 21 sec., λ = 0.033007 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    122
    54
    Xe
      (Q = 7.050 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.076 Mev
  • Spin: 8- 21.0
  • Half life: 3.70 min ( 222 sec., λ = 0.00312228 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    122
    54
    Xe
      (Q = 7.126 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.127 Mev
  • Spin: (5)- 3.70
  • Half life: 0.36 s ( 0.36 sec., λ = 1.92541 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT)  (Q = 0.127 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    122
    56
    Ba
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
(0)21 s1+ -0.1333(9) [133Cs]ABLSNP A468 1 (87)
0.133(2) [133Cs]ABNP A292 144 (77)
-0.19(1) st ABLSNP A468 1 (87)
(0)4.2 m8- +5.41(3) [133Cs]ABLSNP A468 1 (87)
+3.29(8) st ABLSNP A468 1 (87)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.