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Information about Mercury-182:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:181.974751±0.000504amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-23.519000±0.470000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1429.911000±0.470000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-10.115000±0.617000MeV #
"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: 10.83 s ( 10.83 sec., λ = 0.0640025 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    182
    79
    Au
      (Q = 4.800 MeV)   Branch ratio: 84.80 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    178
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 5.998 MeV)   Branch ratio: 15.20 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    182
    81
    Tl
    α from
    186
    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)