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Information about Gadolinium-139:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:138.938080±0.000540amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-57.678000±0.503000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1129.521000±0.503000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-9.268000±0.861000MeV #
"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:

  • Half life: 4.9 s ( 4.9 sec., λ = 0.141459 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    139
    63
    Eu
      (Q = 7.700 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. +
    1
    1
    p+ to
    138
    62
    Sm
      (Q = 6.300 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    1
    1
    p+ emission from
    140
    65
    Tb
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)