Periodic Table/Gold/¹⁷⁹Au

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¹⁷⁹Au

Gold-179

Radioactive· Half-life: 7.10 s

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

79

Neutrons (N)

100

Mass Number (A)

179

Atomic Mass

178.973174AMU

Spin / Parity

1/2+

Binding E/A

7.640keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

7.10 s

Decay Modesoverview · half-life · α · β⁻ · β⁺

β⁺

78.0%

α

22.0%

Decay Chain

¹⁷⁹AuGold7.10 s

β⁺78.0%

α¹⁷⁵Ir22.0%

¹⁷⁹PtPlatinum21.2 s

β⁺100.0%

α¹⁷⁵Os0.24%

¹⁷⁹IrIridium1.32 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁷⁹OsOsmium6.50 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁷⁹ReRhenium19.5 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁷⁹WTungsten37.0 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁷⁹TaTantalum1.82 y

EC100.0%

¹⁷⁹HfHafniumSTABLE

8-step decay chain → stable · Primary path shown · branching ratios indicated

Other Isotopes of Gold

168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210

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