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Information about Tungsten-168:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:167.951863±0.000210amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-44.839000±0.196000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1342.927000±0.196000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-9.078000±0.446000MeV #
"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: 0+
  • Half life: 53 s ( 53 sec., λ = 0.0130782 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    168
    73
    Ta
      (Q = 3.800 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~100.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    164
    72
    Hf
      (Q = 4.506 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.0032 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    168
    75
    Re
    α from
    172
    76
    Os
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)