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Information about Actinium-215:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:215.006451±0.000058amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):6.008911±0.054123MeV
    Binding Energy:1659.696040±0.054123MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-4.914342±0.081290MeV
"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: 9/2-
  • Half life: 0.17 s ( 0.17 sec., λ = 4.07734 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    211
    87
    Fr
      (Q = 7.750 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.91 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    215
    88
    Ra
      (Q = 3.490 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.09 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    219
    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
162130 ns17/2- 7.82(16) TDPADZP A310 55(83)
1796185 ns21/2- 9.7(2) TDPADZP A310 55(83)
2438+x335 ns29/2+ 15.1(3) TDPADZP A310 55(83)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.