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Information about Hafnium-172:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:171.939458±0.000054amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-56.394520±0.050109MeV
    Binding Energy:1388.332598±0.050109MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-4.920000±0.180000MeV
"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: 1.87 years ( 5.89798×10+07 sec., λ = 1.17523×10-08 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    172
    71
    Lu
      (Q = 0.350 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    172
    73
    Ta
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
>1037~0.5 ps>6+ average g = +0.14(4) IMPACNP A238 159 (750
16854.8 ns(6+) +5.6(6) TDPADNP A349 1 (80)
2006163 ns(8-) +7.96(7) TDPADNP A349 1 (80)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.