48-Cd-109
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48-cadmium-109

Cadmium-109 is used to analyze metal alloys for checking stock, sorting scrap.
  • Atomic Mass: 108.9049856 +- 0.0000044 amu
  • Excess Mass: -88505.359 +- 4.076 keV
  • Binding Energy: 930726.582 +- 4.079 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- -2019.953 +- 5.855 keV
"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.
  • Spin: 5/2+
  • Half life: 462.6 d
  • Mode of decay: Electron capture to Ag-109
    • Decay energy: 0.214 MeV

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Electron capture from In-109
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
0453 d5/2+ -0.8278461(15) [111Cd]"OP,N,OD"PL 42A 273 (72)/PR 132 1181 (63)
+0.69(7) "OD, R"PR 177 1615 (69)
4638.9 ms11/2- -1.096(2) SOPADCf70HI 356 (70)
-0.92(9) "[111,3,5Cd 11/2-]"TDPADHFI 4 229 (78)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.