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Information about Tantalum-180:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:179.947466±0.000003amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-48.935420±0.003158MeV
    Binding Energy:1444.661727±0.003168MeV
    β- Decay Energy:0.707862±0.004233MeV
"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+
  • Half life: 8.152 h ( 29347.2 sec., λ = 2.36189×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    180
    72
    Hf
      (Q = 0.854 MeV)   Branch ratio: 86.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    180
    74
    W
      (Q = 0.708 MeV)   Branch ratio: 14.00 %
  • Atomic Percent Abundance: 0.012%
    Meta state at 0.075 Mev
  • Spin: 9- 8.152
  • Half life: >1.2E+15 years ( 0 sec., λ = inf s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    180
    74
    W
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    180
    72
    Hf

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    180
    72
    Hf
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)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
75>1.2x10*15y9- +4.825(11) LRSPR A50 4639 (94)
4.77(5) [181Ta]ABLRFSPL 92B 64 (80)
+4.95(2) LRSPR A50 4639 (94)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.