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Information about Astatine-208:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:207.986583±0.000028amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-12.498312±0.025831MeV
    Binding Energy:1624.833416±0.025833MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-2.839872±0.029036MeV
"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: 6+
  • Half life: 1.63 h ( 5868 sec., λ = 0.000118123 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    208
    84
    Po
      (Q = 4.973 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.45 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    204
    83
    Bi
      (Q = 5.751 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.55 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    208
    86
    Rn
    α from
    212
    87
    Fr
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
109048 ns10- +2.69(3) TDPADZP A322 463 (85)
22761.5ms16- 1.7(3) [g calc]LEMSPR C43 2566 (91)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.