Is There an Equation to Determine Gamma Ray Frequency from Radioactive Decay?

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Readers,

Hi, I'm new here, and have a question that has piqued my interest, and have not found a solution elsewhere.

My question is as such: is there an equation to determine the energy or frequency of the gamma ray emitted as a byproduct of radioactive decay for a given isotope?

Thanks,

sdg2010
 
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Add up the masses of the daughter particles and subtract from source particle mass. The difference will be the mass converted to energy.
 
Thanks mathman. That seems to be the logical answer (which I missed).
 
I think to know the frequencies and energies of the specific gammas, though, the best way is to look it up. There may be a few models to help predict, but I'm not aware of those. I've found this to be a good source of radionuclide info.

http://ie.lbl.gov/toi/nucSearch.asp
 
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