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Information about Mercury-178:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:177.982476±0.000016amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-16.323195±0.014740MeV
    Binding Energy:1390.430383±0.014742MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-11.879000±0.213000MeV #
"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: 0.266 s ( 0.266 sec., λ = 2.60582 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    174
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 6.578 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~70.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    178
    79
    Au
      (Q = 6.100 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~30.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    182
    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)