68-Er-157
 basic

 element
68-erbium-157

  • Atomic Mass: 156.9319455 +- 0.0000862 amu
  • Excess Mass: -63392.333 +- 80.304 keV
  • Binding Energy: 1277389.983 +- 80.304 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- -4481.000 +- 70.711 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: 3/2-
  • Half life: 18.65 min
  • Mode of decay: Electron capture to Ho-157
    • Branch ratio: ~100.00 %
    • Decay energy: 3.500 MeV
  • Mode of decay: Alpha to Dy-153
    • Branch ratio: <0.02 %
    • Decay energy: 3.300 MeV

    Meta state at 0.155 Mev
  • Spin: (9/2+)
  • Half life: 76 ms
  • Mode of decay: IT to Er-157
    • Decay energy: 0.155 MeV

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Electron capture from Tm-157
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
025 m3/2- -0.412(3) [167Er]CFBLSCf85Bomb 175 (85)
+0.92(2) [167Er]CFBLSCf85Bomb 175 (85)
266+x54 ps17/2+ 0.4(4) IAPADPRL 32 1380 (74)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.