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Information about Erbium-159:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:158.930681±0.000005amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-64.570486±0.004576MeV
    Binding Energy:1294.710781±0.004581MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-3.845437±0.065192MeV
"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: 36 min ( 2160 sec., λ = 0.000320901 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    159
    67
    Ho
      (Q = 2.769 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    159
    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
036 m3/2- -0.304(2) [167Er]CFBLSCf85Bomb 175 (85)
+1.17(1) [167Er]CFBLSCf85Bomb 175 (85)
7848.2 ps21/2+ <0.74 RIGVNP A344 176 (80)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.