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Information about Zinc-59:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:58.949267±0.000040amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-47.257409±0.037177MeV
    Binding Energy:499.994852±0.037177MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-13.137000±0.172000MeV #
"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: 3/2-
  • Half life: 182.0 ms ( 0.182 sec., λ = 3.8085 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    59
    29
    Cu
      (Q = 9.090 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. +
    1
    1
    p+ to
    58
    28
    Ni
      (Q = 5.680 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.10 %
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)