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Information about Mercury-179:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:178.981783±0.000334amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-16.969000±0.311000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1399.148000±0.311000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-9.020000±0.342000MeV #
"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: 1.09 s ( 1.09 sec., λ = 0.635915 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    175
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 6.431 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~53.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    179
    79
    Au
      (Q = 8.000 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~47.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. +
    1
    1
    p+ to
    178
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 7.700 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~0.15 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    183
    82
    Pb
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)