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Information about Francium-231:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:231.045407±0.000557amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):42.296000±0.519000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1754.114000±0.519000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:3.900000±0.598000MeV #
"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:

  • Half life: 17.5 s ( 17.5 sec., λ = 0.0396084 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    231
    88
    Ra
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)