Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Actinium-227:

WikipediaNeutron Cross SectionsX-Ray TransitionsX-Ray Attenuation

    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:227.027747±0.000003amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):25.846141±0.002709MeV
    Binding Energy:1736.714684±0.002726MeV
    β- Decay Energy:0.044824±0.000830MeV
"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: 3/2-
  • Half life: 21.773 years ( 6.8672×10+08 sec., λ = 1.00936×10-09 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    227
    90
    Th
      (Q = 0.045 MeV)   Branch ratio: 98.62 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    223
    87
    Fr
      (Q = 5.042 MeV)   Branch ratio: 1.38 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    227
    88
    Ra
    α from
    231
    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)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
021.77 y3/2- +1.1(1) OPR 98 1514 (55)/PR 111 1747 (58)
+1.7(2) OPR 98 1514 (55)/PR 111 1747 (58)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.