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Information about Lutetium-157:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:156.950102±0.000023amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-46.480113±0.021887MeV
    Binding Energy:1258.130702±0.021888MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-7.476000±0.303000MeV #
"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: 2+,3/2+)
  • Half life: 6.8 s ( 6.8 sec., λ = 0.101933 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    153
    69
    Tm
      (Q = 5.096 MeV)   Branch ratio: >0.00 %
    Meta state at 0.026 Mev
  • Spin: 11/2-) 6.8
  • Half life: 4.79 s ( 4.79 sec., λ = 0.144707 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    157
    70
    Yb
      (Q = 6.956 MeV)   Branch ratio: 94.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    153
    69
    Tm
      (Q = 5.122 MeV)   Branch ratio: 6.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    161
    73
    Ta
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)