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Information about Tantalum-157:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:156.968145±0.000642amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-29.673000±0.598000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1239.759000±0.598000MeV #
"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: 10.1 ms ( 0.0101 sec., λ = 68.6284 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    153
    71
    Lu
      (Q = 6.380 MeV)   Branch ratio: 96.60 %
    Meta state at 0.022 Mev
  • Spin: 11/2- 10.1
  • Half life: 4.3 ms ( 0.0043 sec., λ = 161.197 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    153
    71
    Lu
      (Q = 6.402 MeV)   Branch ratio: 95.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    161
    75
    Re
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)