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Information about Cesium-120:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:119.920678±0.000011amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-73.887752±0.009870MeV
    Binding Energy:999.417052±0.009871MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-5.000000±0.300000MeV
"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: high
  • Half life: 57 s ( 57 sec., λ = 0.0121605 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    120
    54
    Xe
      (Q = 7.920 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. +
    1
    1
    p+ to
    119
    53
    I
      (Q = 5 2.470 MeV)   Branch ratio: <=1.0E-5 %
    Meta state at 0.000 Mev
  • Spin: 2 57
  • Half life: 64 s ( 64 sec., λ = 0.0108304 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    120
    54
    Xe
      (Q = 7.920 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    120
    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
064 s2+ +3.87(2) [133Cs]ABLSNP A468 1 (87)
+1.45(2) st ABLSNP A468 1 (87)
+3.92(5) [133Cs]ABPL 76B 565 (78)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.