element
Information about Gadolinium-149:

WikipediaNeutron Cross SectionsX-Ray TransitionsX-Ray Attenuation

    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:148.919336±0.000005amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-75.137623±0.004286MeV
    Binding Energy:1227.694104±0.004291MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-3.637673±0.004499MeV
"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: 7/2-
  • Half life: 9.28 days ( 801792 sec., λ = 8.64498×10-07 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    149
    63
    Eu
      (Q = 1.314 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: α to
    145
    62
    Sm
      (Q = 3.100 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.00043 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    149
    65
    Tb
    α from
    153
    66
    Dy
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
09.4 d7/2- 0.88(4) NO/SHFI 34 69 (87)
0.97(6) NO/SHFI 34 119 (87)
1.1(2) NO/SNP A445 189 (86)
1651.7 ns5/2- -0.9(2) IPAC/TDPACCf77Tokyo 379 (77)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.