Basic Info

Fission Yield

n-XS summary


element
Information about Iodine-131:

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Iodine-131 is used to diagnose and treat thyroid disorders.
    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:130.906124±0.000001amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-87.444761±0.001145MeV
    Binding Energy:1103.323318±0.001159MeV
    β- Decay Energy:0.970848±0.000605MeV
"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: 7/2+
  • Half life: 8.02070 days ( 692988 sec., λ = 1.00023×10-06 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    131
    54
    Xe
      (Q = 0.971 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    131
    52
    Te
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
08.04 d7/2+ +2.742(1) [127I]ABPR 119 2022 (60)
-0.35(2) [127I]"AB, R"PR 119 2022 (60)/PR B61 13588 (00)
1500.95 ns5/2+ +2.8(5) IPACNP A102 203 (67)
17975.9 ns(15/2)- -1.2(4) IPACNP A102 203 (67)
0.65(4) [129I 28]"TDPAC, R"JCP 58 3339 (73)/PR B61 13588 (00)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.