168
71
Lu
element 		Information about Lutetium-168:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:167.938699±0.000086amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-57.101900±0.080123MeV
    Binding Energy:1357.537040±0.080124MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.799000±0.130000MeV #
"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: (6-)
  • Half life: 5.5 min ( 330 sec., λ = 0.00210045 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
     to
    168
    70
    Yb
       (Q = 4.480 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.220 Mev
  • Spin: 3+ 5.5
  • Half life: 6.7 min ( 402 sec., λ = 0.00172425 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
     to
    168
    70
    Yb
       (Q = 4.700 MeV)   Branch ratio: >95.00 %
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT) to
    168
    71
    Lu
       (Q = 0.220 MeV)   Branch ratio: <5.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    168
    72
    Hf
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)