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Isotopes of Mercury (click to see decay chain): 171Hg  172Hg  173Hg  174Hg  175Hg  176Hg  177Hg  178Hg  179Hg  180Hg  181Hg  182Hg  183Hg  184Hg  185Hg  186Hg  187Hg  188Hg  189Hg  190Hg  191Hg  192Hg  193Hg  194Hg  195Hg  196Hg  197Hg  198Hg  199Hg  200Hg  201Hg  202Hg  203Hg  204Hg  205Hg  206Hg  207Hg  208Hg  209Hg  210Hg

178Hg     Half-life Boson, 80p 98n 269 ms Spin 0 Parity 1 Hide Decay Modes Probability Mode Decay Energy Daughter 70% α 6.57739MeV 174Pt 30% β+ 4.9871MeV 178Au Hide Ultimate Decay Products Yield Nuclide 62.65379824% 170Yb 16.614% 178Hf 5.1336104424% 166Er 2.738947816587×10-12% 142Nd Unknown 174Yb Unknown 150Sm Unknown 158Gd Unknown 154Gd Unknown 162Dy Atomic Weight 177.982483143 Abundance None Mass Excess -16.316846MeV Binding Energy 7.811368MeV Magnetic Moment 0 μ 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..