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Information about Mercury-177:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:176.986337±0.000121amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-12.727118±0.112421MeV
    Binding Energy:1378.762983±0.112421MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-9.822000±0.251000MeV #
"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: 0.130 s ( 0.13 sec., λ = 5.3319 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    173
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 6.740 MeV)   Branch ratio: 85.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    177
    79
    Au
      (Q = 8.500 MeV)   Branch ratio: 15.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    181
    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)