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Information about Bismuth-203:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:202.976868±0.000023amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-21.547206±0.021255MeV
    Binding Energy:1595.090403±0.021256MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-4.233402±0.063515MeV
"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: 11.76 h ( 42336 sec., λ = 1.63725×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    203
    82
    Pb
      (Q = 3.253 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: α to
    199
    81
    Tl
      (Q = 4.150 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~1.0E-5 %
    Meta state at 1.098 Mev
  • Spin: 1/2+ 11.76
  • Half life: 303 ms ( 0.303 sec., λ = 2.28761 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT)  (Q = 1.098 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    203
    84
    Po
    α from
    207
    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)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
011.8 h9/2- +4.017(13) [209Bi]LRFSNP A598 61 (96)
+4.62(3) [209Bi]ABArkF 15 445 (59)/PR A1 685 (70)
-0.67(7) [209Bi]LRFSNP A598 61 (96)
-0.68(6) [209Bi]ABArkF 15 445 (59)/PR A1 685 (70)
199190 ns(21/2+) 2.79(4) TDPADNP A382 56 (82)
2042194 ns(25/2+) 3.33(5) TDPADNP A382 56 (82)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.