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Information about Tantalum-162:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:161.957148±0.000142amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-39.917000±0.132000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1290.359000±0.132000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-5.769440±0.088036MeV
"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: 3.60 s ( 3.6 sec., λ = 0.192541 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    162
    72
    Hf
      (Q = 9.260 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.92 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    158
    71
    Lu
      (Q = 5.010 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.08 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    166
    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)