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Information about Tantalum-172:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:171.944740±0.000201amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-51.474520±0.186845MeV
    Binding Energy:1382.630245±0.186845MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-2.500000±0.200000MeV #
"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: (3+)
  • Half life: 36.8 min ( 2208 sec., λ = 0.000313925 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    172
    72
    Hf
      (Q = 4.920 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    172
    74
    W
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)