Originally posted by xoggoth
View Post
- Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
- Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!
Reply to: Well there's interesting then.
Collapse
You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
- You are not logged in. If you are already registered, fill in the form below to log in, or follow the "Sign Up" link to register a new account.
- You may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
- If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
Logging in...
Previously on "Well there's interesting then."
Collapse
-
I put 3 teaspoons in my coffee every morning, never done me any harm.
Leave a comment:
-
Well there's interesting then.
Apparently someone's nicked some Iridium 192 in eyerack.
Investigating said Iridium 192 leads to the wiki page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotopes_of_iridium
which informs us that Ir 192 has a half life of 73 days.
But, more interesting is the nuclear isomer page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_isomer
which describes excited states in nuclei.
There's one in Tantalum which has a half life of 10^15 years, rather longer than the age of the universe.
But Hafnium looks promising:
You get a fair old bang for your gm of Hafnium.Another reasonably stable nuclear isomer (with a half-life of 31 years) is 178m2
72Hf, which has the highest excitation energy of any comparably long-lived isomer.
One gram of pure 178m2Hf contains approximately 1.33 gigajoules of energy, the equivalent of exploding about 315 kg (694 lb) of TNT.
Further, in the natural decay of 178m2Hf, the energy is released as gamma rays with a total energy of 2.45 MeV.Tags: None
- Home
- News & Features
- First Timers
- IR35 / S660 / BN66
- Employee Benefit Trusts
- Agency Workers Regulations
- MSC Legislation
- Limited Companies
- Dividends
- Umbrella Company
- VAT / Flat Rate VAT
- Job News & Guides
- Money News & Guides
- Guide to Contracts
- Successful Contracting
- Contracting Overseas
- Contractor Calculators
- MVL
- Contractor Expenses
Advertisers
Contractor Services
CUK News
- Young people not in education, employment or training isn’t a contractor’s problem. It’s a problem for us all Jun 5 05:26
- How does HMRC’s forward interest change benefit contractors? Jun 4 04:22
- What are Bills of Exchange, and should HMRC's alert worry umbrella contractors? Jun 3 04:09
- Bills of Exchange fail to avoid new umbrella company rules, says HMRC Jun 2 05:32
- Is permanent employment still the safer bet? Yes, but it's a lot less safe than it used to be. Jun 1 04:34
- Is your Director’s Loan Account (DLA) a target of HMRC’s closer look at close companies? May 29 04:45
- Is your Director’s Loan Account (DLS) a target of HMRC’s closer look at close companies? May 29 04:45
- Contractors, are you making any of the five big limited company bank account mistakes of 2026? May 28 05:51
- ‘Welcome’ increase in HMRC mileage rates for contractors using their own cars for work May 27 05:18
- King’s Speech 2026 including a welcome Late Payments Bill still leaves contractors short May 26 04:42

Leave a comment: