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Information about Erbium-156:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:155.931015±0.000079amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-64.259103±0.073715MeV
    Binding Energy:1270.185429±0.073715MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-7.444400±0.044721MeV
"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: 0+
  • Half life: 19.5 min ( 1170 sec., λ = 0.000592433 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    156
    67
    Ho
      (Q = 1.370 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: α to
    152
    66
    Dy
      (Q = 5 1.370 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.000005 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    156
    69
    Tm
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
34533 ps2+ 0.80(12) RIGVNP A142 577 (70)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.