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Information about Ytterbium-156:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:155.942847±0.000035amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-53.237567±0.032976MeV
    Binding Energy:1257.599187±0.032977MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-9.371000±0.304000MeV #
"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: 26.1 s ( 26.1 sec., λ = 0.0265574 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    156
    69
    Tm
      (Q = 3.580 MeV)   Branch ratio: 90.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    152
    68
    Er
      (Q = 4.812 MeV)   Branch ratio: 10.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    160
    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)