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Information about Hafnium-156:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:155.959247±0.000383amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-37.961000±0.356000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1240.758000±0.356000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-11.590000±0.695000MeV #
"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: 0+
  • Half life: 23 ms ( 0.023 sec., λ = 30.1368 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    152
    70
    Yb
      (Q = 6.033 MeV)   Branch ratio: >=81.00 %
    Meta state at 0.000 Mev 23
  • Half life: 444 µs ( 0.000444 sec., λ = 1561.14 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    152
    70
    Yb
      (Q = 6.033 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.000 Mev
  • Spin: 8+ 444
  • Half life: 0.57 ms ( 0.00057 sec., λ = 1216.05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    152
    70
    Yb

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    156
    73
    Ta
    α from
    160
    74
    W
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)