Er 172 has been produced by double neutron capture in enriched Er 170 . The beta decay of 50.4-hr Er 172 and its daughter, 63.7-hr Tm 172 , has been studied with a solenoidal beta spectrometer and beta and gamma scintillation spectrometers. The highest energy group of the Tm 172 beta spectrum has an end-point energy of 1.83 Mev; this group represents the Tm 172 -> Yb 172 ground-state beta transition. The beta decay of Tm 172 is accompanied by gamma rays of the following energies: 0.079, 0.180, 0.422, 0.495, 0.915, 1.095, 1.29, 1.39, 1.41, 1.47, 1.51, and 1.59 Mev. A decay scheme for Tm 172 is proposed with excited states in Yb 172 at 0.079, 0.259, 1.174, 1.47, 1.55, 1.59, and 1.67 Mev. The beta decay of Er 172 is accompanied by gamma rays of the following energies: 0.050 (Tm K x ray), 0.108, 0.126, 0.408, and 0.610 Mev, the last of which represents a transition to the Tm 172 ground state. The beta spectrum measured in coincidence with the 0.610-Mev gamma ray has an end-point energy of ^0.26 Mev, which establishes a decay energy of 0.87 Mev for Er 172 .