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Information about Astatine-212:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:211.990735±0.000004amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-8.630610±0.004069MeV
    Binding Energy:1653.251006±0.004079MeV
    β- Decay Energy:0.042624±0.004109MeV
"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: (1-)
  • Half life: 0.314 s ( 0.314 sec., λ = 2.20748 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    208
    83
    Bi
      (Q = 7.829 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    212
    84
    Po
      (Q = 1.754 MeV)   Branch ratio: <0.03 %
  • Mode of decay: β- to
    212
    86
    Rn
      (Q = 0.043 MeV)   Branch ratio: <2.0E-6 %
    Meta state at 0.222 Mev
  • Spin: (9-) 0.314
  • Half life: 0.119 s ( 0.119 sec., λ = 5.82477 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    208
    83
    Bi
      (Q = 8.051 MeV)   Branch ratio: >99.00 %
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT) to
    212
    85
    At
      (Q = 0.222 MeV)   Branch ratio: <1.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    216
    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
88819.4 ns11+ 5.94(11) TDPADNP A567 445 (94)
5.95(12)
161637 ns15- 9.46(8) TDPADNP A567 445 (94)
9.33(15) TDPADPR C20 960 (79)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.