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Information about Iridium-197:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:196.969636±0.000022amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-28.283417±0.020435MeV
    Binding Energy:1558.092798±0.020436MeV
    β- Decay Energy:2.154634±0.020224MeV
"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: 3/2+
  • Half life: 5.8 min ( 348 sec., λ = 0.0019918 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    197
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 2.155 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.115 Mev
  • Spin: 11/2- 5.8
  • Half life: 8.9 min ( 534 sec., λ = 0.00129803 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    197
    78
    Pt
      (Q = 2.270 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.75 %
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT) to
    197
    77
    Ir
      (Q = 0.115 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.25 %
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)