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Isotopes of Tantalum (click to see decay chain): 155Ta  156Ta  157Ta  158Ta  159Ta  160Ta  161Ta  162Ta  163Ta  164Ta  165Ta  166Ta  167Ta  168Ta  169Ta  170Ta  171Ta  172Ta  173Ta  174Ta  175Ta  176Ta  177Ta  178Ta  179Ta  180Ta  181Ta  182Ta  183Ta  184Ta  185Ta  186Ta  187Ta  188Ta  189Ta  190Ta

159Ta     Half-life Boson, 73p 86n 830 ms Spin 1/2 Parity -1 Hide Decay Modes Probability Mode Decay Energy Daughter 66% β+ 7.383MeV 159Hf 34% α 5.68091MeV 155Lu Hide Ultimate Decay Products Yield Nuclide 42.9% 159Tb 13.32710715347% 143Nd 2.5348059% 155Gd Atomic Weight 158.963018173 Abundance None Mass Excess -34.44835MeV Binding Energy 7.928783MeV Magnetic Moment N/A Quadrupole Moment N/A   Show Isotope Symbols. Also show decay chains leading to this isotope. Show only decays with probability >0.1%. Show Decay Image Full Size.

Decay chain image generated by Mathematica's GraphPlot and IsotopeData functions from Wolfram Research, Inc..