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Information about Francium-209:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:208.995915±0.000033amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-3.804760±0.031194MeV
    Binding Energy:1622.646481±0.031196MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-5.615000±0.128000MeV #
"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: 50.0 s ( 50 sec., λ = 0.0138629 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    205
    85
    At
      (Q = 6.777 MeV)   Branch ratio: 89.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    209
    86
    Rn
      (Q = 5.160 MeV)   Branch ratio: 11.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    213
    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)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
050 s9/2- +3.95(8) [211Fr]ABLSPL 163B 66 (85)/PS 34 624 (86)
-0.24(2) st 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.