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Information about Tantalum-163:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:162.954317±0.000076amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-42.553760±0.070457MeV
    Binding Energy:1301.067579±0.070457MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-7.653000±0.314000MeV #
"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: 11.0 s ( 11 sec., λ = 0.0630134 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    163
    72
    Hf
      (Q = 6.800 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~99.80 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    159
    71
    Lu
      (Q = 4.750 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~0.20 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    167
    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)