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Information about Erbium-157:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:156.931946±0.000086amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-63.392333±0.080304MeV
    Binding Energy:1277.389983±0.080304MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-4.481000±0.070711MeV
"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: 18.65 min ( 1119 sec., λ = 0.000619434 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    157
    67
    Ho
      (Q = 3.500 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~100.00 %
  • Mode of decay: α to
    153
    66
    Dy
      (Q = 3.300 MeV)   Branch ratio: <0.02 %
    Meta state at 0.155 Mev
  • Spin: (9/2+) 18.65
  • Half life: 76 ms ( 0.076 sec., λ = 9.12036 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT) to
    157
    68
    Er
      (Q = 0.155 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    157
    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
025 m3/2- -0.412(3) [167Er]CFBLSCf85Bomb 175 (85)
+0.92(2) [167Er]CFBLSCf85Bomb 175 (85)
266+x54 ps17/2+ 0.4(4) IAPADPRL 32 1380 (74)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.