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Information about Tantalum-159:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:158.962914±0.000133amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-34.545000±0.124000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1260.774000±0.124000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-8.724000±0.611000MeV #
"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:

  • Half life: 0.57 s ( 0.57 sec., λ = 1.21605 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    155
    71
    Lu
      (Q = 5.750 MeV)   Branch ratio: 80.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    159
    72
    Hf
      (Q = 8.490 MeV)   Branch ratio: 20.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    163
    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)