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Information about Francium-205:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:204.998664±0.000255amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-1.244512±0.237486MeV
    Binding Energy:1587.800941±0.237486MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-7.007000±0.314000MeV #
"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: 3.85 s ( 3.85 sec., λ = 0.180038 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    201
    85
    At
      (Q = 7.060 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    205
    86
    Rn
      (Q = 6.520 MeV)   Branch ratio: <1.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    209
    89
    Ac
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)