Basic Info

Fission Yield


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Information about Dysprosium-157:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:156.925461±0.000007amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-69.432382±0.006800MeV
    Binding Energy:1284.994738±0.006804MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-2.540000±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: 3/2-
  • Half life: 8.14 h ( 29304 sec., λ = 2.36537×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    157
    65
    Tb
      (Q = 1.341 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.199 Mev
  • Spin: 11/2- 8.14
  • Half life: 21.6 ms ( 0.0216 sec., λ = 32.0901 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT)  (Q = 0.199 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    157
    67
    Ho
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
08.1 h3/2- -0.301(2) [163Dy]CFBLSPC Neugart (87)
-0.302(2) [163Dy]ABPS 6 24 (72)/PL 49A 287 (74)
+1.30(2) [163Dy]CFBLSPC Neugart (87)
+1.30(1) [163Dy]ABPS 6 24 (72)/PL 49A 287 (74)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.