73-Ta-162  basic  element

73-tantalum-162 Atomic Mass: 161.9571480 +- 0.0001420 amu # Excess Mass: -39917.000 +- 132.000 keV # Binding Energy: 1290359.000 +- 132.000 keV # Beta Decay Energy: B- -5769.440 +- 88.036 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. Half life: 3.60 s Mode of decay: Electron capture to Hf-162 Branch ratio: 99.92 % Decay energy: 9.260 MeV Mode of decay: Alpha to Lu-158 Branch ratio: 0.08 % Decay energy: 5.010 MeV Possible parent nuclides: Alpha from Re-166 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)