Periodic Table/Mercury/¹⁷⁹Hg

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¹⁷⁹Hg

Mercury-179

Radioactive· Half-life: 1.05 s

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

80

Neutrons (N)

99

Mass Number (A)

179

Atomic Mass

178.981822AMU

Spin / Parity

7/2-

Binding E/A

7.588keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

1.05 s

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

α

75.0%

β⁺

25.0%

β⁺p

0.1%

Decay Chain

¹⁷⁹HgMercury1.05 s

α75.0%

β⁺¹⁷⁹Au25.0%

β⁺p¹⁷⁸Pt0.15%

¹⁷⁵PtPlatinum2.43 s

α64.0%

β⁺¹⁷⁵Ir

¹⁷¹OsOsmium8.30 s

α1.80%

β⁺¹⁷¹Re

¹⁶⁷WTungsten19.9 s

β⁺100.0%

α¹⁶³Hf0.04%

¹⁶⁷TaTantalum1.33 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁶⁷HfHafnium2.05 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁶⁷LuLutetium51.5 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁶⁷YbYtterbium17.5 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁶⁷TmThulium9.25 d

EC100.0%

¹⁶⁷ErErbiumSTABLE

10-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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