70-Yb-159
 basic

 element
70-ytterbium-159

  • Atomic Mass: 158.9401537 +- 0.0000967 amu
  • Excess Mass: -55746.428 +- 90.080 keV
  • Binding Energy: 1284322.017 +- 90.080 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- -6018.734 +- 86.333 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: 1.58 min
  • Mode of decay: Electron capture to Tm-159
    • Decay energy: 5.050 MeV

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Electron capture from Lu-159
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
01.58 m5/2(-) -0.368(8) [171Yb]CFBLSHFI 74 171 (92)
-0.366(8) [173Yb]CFBLSHFI 15 181 (83)
-0.22(2) [173Yb]CFBLSHFI 15 181 (83)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.