Identification of Platinum-188

1 October 1954

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 96 (1) , 90-92
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.96.90

Abstract

An unstable even-even neutron-deficient platinum isotope with a half-life of 10.3±0.4 days has been prepared and assigned a mass number 188. The decay of this isotope results in unstable iridium 188, which in turn decays to a known excited state in stable osmium 188.

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