Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Actinium-226:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:226.026090±0.000004amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):24.302533±0.003515MeV
    Binding Energy:1730.186969±0.003528MeV
    β- Decay Energy:1.117017±0.004655MeV
"The 1995 update to the atomic mass evaluation" by G.Audi and A.H.Wapstra, Nuclear Physics A595 vol. 4 p.409-480, December 25, 1995.
Radioactive Decay Data:

  • Spin: (1)
  • Half life: 29.37 h ( 105732 sec., λ = 6.5557×10-06 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    226
    90
    Th
      (Q = 1.117 MeV)   Branch ratio: 83.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    226
    88
    Ra
      (Q = 0.640 MeV)   Branch ratio: 17.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    222
    87
    Fr
      (Q = 5.536 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.0060 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    230
    91
    Pa
R.R.Kinsey, et al.,The NUDAT/PCNUDAT Program for Nuclear Data,paper submitted to the 9 th International Symposium of Capture-Gamma_raySpectroscopy and Related Topics, Budapest, Hungary, Octover 1996.Data extracted from NUDAT database (Jan. 14/1999)