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Information about Astatine-197:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:196.993290±0.000376amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-6.250000±0.350000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1529.801000±0.350000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-7.797000±0.448000MeV #
"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: 0.35 s ( 0.35 sec., λ = 1.98042 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    193
    83
    Bi
      (Q = 7.100 MeV)   Branch ratio: 96.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    197
    84
    Po
      (Q = 7.200 MeV)   Branch ratio: 4.00 %
    Meta state at 0.052 Mev
  • Spin: (1/2+) 0.35
  • Half life: 3.7 s ( 3.7 sec., λ = 0.187337 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    193
    83
    Bi
      (Q = 0 7.152 MeV)   Branch ratio: <=100.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    197
    84
    Po
      (Q = 7.252 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    201
    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)