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Europium-160

Properties and data of the isotope 160Eu.


Contents

See also: list of Europium isotopes.

 

General data

Name of the isotope:Europium-160; Eu-160Symbol:160Eu or 16063EuMass number A:160 (= number of nucleons)Atomic number Z:63 (= number of protons)Neutrons N:97Isotopic mass:159.931851(10) u (atomic weight of Europium-160)Nuclide mass:159.8972932 u (calculated nuclear mass without electrons)Mass excess:-63.48038 MeVMass defect:1.401622868 u (per nucleus)Nuclear binding energy:1305.6032918 MeV (per nucleus)
8.16002057 MeV (average binding energy per nucleon)
Separation energy:SN = 5.508(10) MeV (first neutron)
SP = 8.562(11) MeV (first proton)
Half-life:38(4) sDecay constant λ:0.018240715277893 s-1Specific activity α:6.908689106256 × 10+19 Bq g-1
1867213271.9611 Ci g-1
Spin and parity:
(nuclear angular momentum)
1Year of discovery:1973

 

Radioactive Decay

Half-life T½ = 38(4) s respectively 3.8 × 101 seconds s.

Decay
mode
DaughterProbabilityDecay energyγ energy
(intensity)
β-160Gd100 %4.461(10) MeV

 

Parent Nuclides

Direct parent isotope is: 160Sm.

 

Isotones and Isobars

The following table shows the atomic nuclei that are isotonic (same neutron number N = 97) and isobaric (same nucleon number A = 160) with Europium-160. Naturally occurring isotopes are marked in green; light green = naturally occurring radionuclides.

 

ZIsotone N = 97Isobar A = 160
56153Ba
57154La
58155Ce
59156Pr160Pr
60157Nd160Nd
61158Pm160Pm
62159Sm160Sm
63160Eu160Eu
64161Gd160Gd
65162Tb160Tb
66163Dy160Dy
67164Ho160Ho
68165Er160Er
69166Tm160Tm
70167Yb160Yb
71168Lu160Lu
72169Hf160Hf
73170Ta160Ta
74171W160W
75172Re160Re
76173Os160Os
77174Ir
78175Pt
79176Au
80177Hg
81178Tl
82179Pb

 

External data and identifiers

Adopted Levels, Gammas:NuDat 160Eu

 


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