162
72
Hf
element 		Information about Hafnium-162:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:161.947203±0.000012amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-49.180103±0.011435MeV
    Binding Energy:1300.404952±0.011437MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-9.264000±0.133000MeV #
"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: 39.4 s ( 39.4 sec., λ = 0.0175926 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
     to
    162
    71
    Lu
       (Q = 3.710 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.99 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
     to
    158
    70
    Yb
       (Q = 4.417 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.0080 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    162
    73
    Ta
    α from
    166
    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)