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Information about Iridium-178:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:177.961083±0.000388amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-36.251000±0.362000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1412.705000±0.362000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-4.310000±0.300000MeV #
"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:

  • Half life: 12 s ( 12 sec., λ = 0.0577623 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    178
    76
    Os
      (Q = 7.200 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    178
    78
    Pt
    α from
    182
    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)