77-Ir-192
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77-iridium-192

Iridium-192 is used to test the integrity of pipeline welds, boilers and aircraft parts.
  • Atomic Mass: 191.9626022 +- 0.0000031 amu
  • Excess Mass: -34835.823 +- 2.871 keV
  • Binding Energy: 1524288.590 +- 2.883 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- 1459.689 +- 1.853 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: 4+
  • Half life: 73.827 d
  • Mode of decay: Beta to Pt-192
    • Branch ratio: 95.13 %
    • Decay energy: 1.460 MeV
  • Mode of decay: Electron capture to Os-192
    • Branch ratio: 4.87 %
    • Decay energy: 1.046 MeV

    Meta state at 0.056 Mev
  • Spin: 1-
  • Half life: 1.45 min
  • Mode of decay: IT
    • Branch ratio: 99.98 %
    • Decay energy: 0.057 MeV
  • Mode of decay: Beta to Pt-192
    • Branch ratio: 0.02 %
    • Decay energy: 1.517 MeV

    Meta state at 0.168 Mev
  • Spin: (11-)
  • Half life: 241 years
  • Mode of decay: IT
    • Decay energy: 0.168 MeV
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
074.2 d4- 1.924(10) [193Ir]NMR/ONZP A295 385 (80)
sign positive NO/CPZP A340 235 (91)
+2.15(6) [189Ir]RPRL 77 5016 (96)
+2.28(6) [193Ir]"NMR/ON, R"PR C32 582 (85)/ZP A295 385 (80)
+2.0(2) [193Ir]NO/S MEHFI 30 355 (86)/HFI 9 343 (81)
+2.4(1) [193Ir]NO/SHFI 22 19 (85)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.