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Information about Francium-228:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:228.035723±0.000215amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):33.276000±0.200000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1738.921000±0.200000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:4.340000±0.200000MeV #
"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: 2-
  • Half life: 38 s ( 38 sec., λ = 0.0182407 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    228
    88
    Ra
      (Q = 0 4.340 MeV)   Branch ratio: <=100.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    228
    86
    Rn
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
039 s2- -0.76(2) [211Fr]ABLSPL 163B 66 (85)
+2.38(5) st [211Fr]ABLSPL 163B 66 (85)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.