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Information about Iodine-118:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:117.913375±0.000084amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-80.690442±0.078296MeV
    Binding Energy:991.641803±0.078296MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-2.976766±1.003145MeV
"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: 2-
  • Half life: 13.7 min ( 822 sec., λ = 0.000843245 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    118
    52
    Te
      (Q = 7.040 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.104 Mev
  • Spin: (7-) 13.7
  • Half life: 8.5 min ( 510 sec., λ = 0.00135911 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    118
    52
    Te
      (Q = 7.144 MeV)   Branch ratio: <100.00 %
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT) to
    118
    53
    I
      (Q = 0.104 MeV)   Branch ratio: >0.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    118
    54
    Xe
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
013.7 m2- 2.0(2) "[131,132I]"NO/SPL 173B 115 (86)
1048.5 m(7-) 4.2(2) "[131,132I]"NO/SPL 173B 115 (86)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.