1. Identification of186mTa
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Yanning Niu, Shuanggui Yuan, Yanbing Xu, Xianyi Wang, Pingzhi Wang, Weifan Yang, Limin Zhao, Huajie Ding, and Hengyuan Li
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Nuclear physics ,Materials science ,chemistry ,Radiochemistry ,Tantalum ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Half-life ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Neutron ,Irradiation - Abstract
186m Ta and 186 Ta have been produced by irradiation of nat W with 14 MeV neutrons. The unreported tantalum isomer 186m Ta has been identified by means of measuring known γ rays from 186 Ta β-decay. The half-life of 186m Ta has been determined to be 1.54±0.05 min.
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- 2004
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