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Information about Bismuth-213:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:212.994375±0.000008amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-5.239806±0.007550MeV
    Binding Energy:1659.496231±0.007555MeV
    β- Decay Energy:1.427341±0.007349MeV
"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: 45.59 min ( 2735.4 sec., λ = 0.000253399 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    213
    84
    Po
      (Q = 1.426 MeV)   Branch ratio: 97.91 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    209
    81
    Tl
      (Q = 5.982 MeV)   Branch ratio: 2.09 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    217
    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
045.6 m9/2- 3.89(9) NO/SHFI 75 109 (92)
+3.716(7) [209Bi]LRFSPL B405 31 (97)
-0.60(5) [209Bi]LRFSPL B405 31 (97)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.