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Information about Mercury-185:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:184.971983±0.000297amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-26.098000±0.277000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1456.704000±0.277000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-6.630000±0.487000MeV #
"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: 1/2-
  • Half life: 49.1 s ( 49.1 sec., λ = 0.0141171 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    185
    79
    Au
      (Q = 5.800 MeV)   Branch ratio: 94.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    181
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 5.778 MeV)   Branch ratio: 6.00 %
    Meta state at 0.099 Mev
  • Spin: 13/2+ 49.1
  • Half life: 21.6 s ( 21.6 sec., λ = 0.0320901 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT)  (Q = 0.099 MeV)   Branch ratio: 54.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    185
    79
    Au
      (Q = 5.899 MeV)   Branch ratio: 46.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    181
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 5.877 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~0.03 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    189
    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)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
055 s1/2- +0.509(4) b-NMR/OPZP A325 247 (86)
99.327 s13/2+ -1.017(9) [193Hg 141]CLSZP A325 247 (86)
+0.2(3) st [201Hg]b-NMR/OPZP A325 247 (86)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.