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Information about Iron-55:

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Iron-55 is used to analyze electroplating solutions.
    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:54.938298±0.000001amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-57.475007±0.001347MeV
    Binding Energy:481.056573±0.001349MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-3.451296±0.000428MeV
"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: 2.73 years ( 8.61042×10+07 sec., λ = 8.0501×10-09 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    55
    25
    Mn
      (Q = 0.231 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    55
    27
    Co
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
9318.3 ps5/2- +2.7(12) TDPADCJP 51 707 (73)
13172.1 ps7/2- +2(2) IPADCJP 51 707 (73)
140838.3 ps7/2- -2.4(5) TDPADCJP 51 707 (73)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.