Periodic Table/Ytterbium/¹⁵⁹Yb

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¹⁵⁹Yb

Ytterbium-159

Radioactive· Half-life: 1.67 min

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

70

Neutrons (N)

89

Mass Number (A)

159

Atomic Mass

158.940060AMU

Spin / Parity

5/2

Binding E/A

7.853keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

1.67 min

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

β⁺

100.0%

Decay Chain

¹⁵⁹YbYtterbium1.67 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁵⁹TmThulium9.13 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁵⁹ErErbium36.0 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁵⁹HoHolmium33.0 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁵⁹DyDysprosium144 d

EC100.0%

¹⁵⁹TbTerbiumSTABLE

6-step decay chain → stable · Primary path shown

Other Isotopes of Ytterbium

148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185

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