Periodic Table/Mercury/¹⁷⁸Hg

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¹⁷⁸Hg

Mercury-178

Radioactive· Half-life: 266 ms

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

80

Neutrons (N)

98

Mass Number (A)

178

Atomic Mass

177.982485AMU

Spin / Parity

0+

Binding E/A

7.582keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

266 ms

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

α

89.0%

β⁺

Decay Chain

¹⁷⁸HgMercury266 ms

α89.0%

β⁺¹⁷⁸Au

¹⁷⁴PtPlatinum862 ms

α74.9%

β⁺¹⁷⁴Ir

¹⁷⁰OsOsmium7.37 s

β⁺90.5%

α¹⁶⁶W9.50%

¹⁷⁰ReRhenium?

β⁺100.0%

¹⁷⁰WTungsten2.42 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁷⁰TaTantalum6.76 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁷⁰HfHafnium16.0 h

EC100.0%

¹⁷⁰LuLutetium2.01 d

β⁺100.0%

¹⁷⁰YbYtterbiumSTABLE

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

Other Isotopes of Mercury

170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216

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