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Information about Lutetium-179:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:178.947324±0.000006amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-49.067170±0.005625MeV
    Binding Energy:1438.286861±0.005630MeV
    β- Decay Energy:1.405757±0.005083MeV
"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: 7/2(+)
  • Half life: 4.59 h ( 16524 sec., λ = 4.19479×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    179
    72
    Hf
      (Q = 1.405 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.592 Mev
  • Spin: 1/2(+) 4.59
  • Half life: 3.1 ms ( 0.0031 sec., λ = 223.596 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT) to
    179
    71
    Lu
      (Q = 0.592 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    179
    70
    Yb
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)