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Information about Iodine-120:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:119.910048±0.000020amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-83.789882±0.018201MeV
    Binding Energy:1010.883889±0.018201MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.960000±0.040000MeV
"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: 81.0 min ( 4860 sec., λ = 0.000142623 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    120
    52
    Te
      (Q = 5.615 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.000 Mev
  • Spin: >3 81.0
  • Half life: 53 min ( 3180 sec., λ = 0.000217971 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    120
    52
    Te
      (Q = 5.615 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    120
    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
01.4 h2- 1.23(3) "[131,132I]"NO/SPL 173B 115 (86)
~93053 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.