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Information about Iridium-177:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:176.961170±0.000481amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-36.170000±0.448000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1404.553000±0.448000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-6.784000±0.545000MeV #
"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: (5/2-)
  • Half life: 30 s ( 30 sec., λ = 0.0231049 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    177
    76
    Os
      (Q = 5.700 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.94 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    173
    75
    Re
      (Q = 5.130 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.06 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    177
    78
    Pt
    α from
    181
    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)