Periodic Table/Gold/¹⁹⁶Au

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¹⁹⁶Au

Gold-196

Radioactive· Half-life: 6.17 d

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

79

Neutrons (N)

117

Mass Number (A)

196

Atomic Mass

195.966571AMU

Spin / Parity

2-

Binding E/A

7.709keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

6.17 d

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

β⁺

93.0%

β⁻

7.0%

Decay Chain

¹⁹⁶AuGold6.17 d

β⁺93.0%

β⁻¹⁹⁶Hg7.00%

¹⁹⁶PtPlatinumSTABLE

2-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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