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Information about Ytterbium-153:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:152.949210±0.000320amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-47.311000±0.298000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1227.458000±0.298000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-8.831000±0.667000MeV #
"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: 7/2-
  • Half life: 4.2 s ( 4.2 sec., λ = 0.165035 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: α to
    149
    68
    Er
      (Q = 4.100 MeV)   Branch ratio: 50.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    153
    69
    Tm
      (Q = 6.700 MeV)   Branch ratio: 50.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    153
    71
    Lu
    α from
    157
    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)