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Information about Platinum-179:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:178.965475±0.000320amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-32.160000±0.298000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1415.903000±0.298000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-7.393000±0.455000MeV #
"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: 1/2-
  • Half life: 21.2 s ( 21.2 sec., λ = 0.0326956 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    179
    77
    Ir
      (Q = 5.900 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.76 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    175
    76
    Os
      (Q = 5.395 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.24 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    183
    80
    Hg
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)