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Information about Iridium-179:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:178.959150±0.000430amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-38.052000±0.401000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1422.578000±0.401000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-5.892000±0.499000MeV #
"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: 79 s ( 79 sec., λ = 0.00877401 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    179
    76
    Os
      (Q = 4.900 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    179
    78
    Pt
    α from
    183
    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)