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Information about Astatine-218:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:218.008681±0.000013amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):8.086725±0.011813MeV
    Binding Energy:1684.961608±0.011817MeV
    β- Decay Energy:2.883107±0.011715MeV
"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:

  • Half life: 1.5 s ( 1.5 sec., λ = 0.462098 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    214
    83
    Bi
      (Q = 6.874 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.90 %
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    218
    86
    Rn
      (Q = 2.883 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.10 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    218
    84
    Po
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)