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Information about Iridium-172:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:171.970643±0.000430amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-27.346000±0.401000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1355.372000±0.401000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-6.272000±0.402000MeV #
"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: (3+)
  • Half life: 4.4 s ( 4.4 sec., λ = 0.157533 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    172
    76
    Os
      (Q = 9.800 MeV)   Branch ratio: 98.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    168
    75
    Re
      (Q = 5.991 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~2.00 %
    Meta state at 0.139 Mev
  • Spin: (7+) 4.4
  • Half life: 2.0 s ( 2 sec., λ = 0.346574 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    172
    76
    Os
      (Q = 9.939 MeV)   Branch ratio: 77.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    168
    75
    Re
      (Q = 6.130 MeV)   Branch ratio: 23.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    176
    79
    Au
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)