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Information about Mercury-188:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:187.967555±0.000194amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-30.223000±0.180000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1485.043000±0.180000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-7.792000±0.287000MeV #
"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: 3.25 min ( 195 sec., λ = 0.0035546 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    188
    79
    Au
      (Q = 2.300 MeV)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    184
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 7 4.710 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.000037 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    188
    81
    Tl
    α from
    192
    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
2724135 ns12+ -2.02(12) TDPADZP A313 289 (83)
0.91(11) TDPADPL 149B 311 (84)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.