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Information about Bismuth-196:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:195.980608±0.000222amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-18.064000±0.207000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1535.108000±0.207000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-4.569000±0.274000MeV #
"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: (3+)
  • Half life: 308 s ( 308 sec., λ = 0.00225048 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    196
    82
    Pb
      (Q = 7.360 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~100.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    192
    81
    Tl
      (Q = 5.460 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.0012 %
    Meta state at 0.167 Mev
  • Spin: (7+) 308
  • Half life: 0.6 s ( 0.6 sec., λ = 1.15525 s-1)
    Meta state at 0.269 Mev
  • Spin: (10-) 0.6
  • Half life: 240 s ( 240 sec., λ = 0.00288811 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    196
    82
    Pb
      (Q = 7.629 MeV)   Branch ratio: 74.20 %
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT)  (Q = 0.269 MeV)   Branch ratio: 25.80 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    192
    81
    Tl
      (Q = 5.729 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.00038 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    200
    85
    At
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)