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Information about Francium-221:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:221.014246±0.000008amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):13.269739±0.007530MeV
    Binding Energy:1702.427855±0.007536MeV
    β- Decay Energy:0.314745±0.009358MeV
"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: 5/2-
  • Half life: 4.9 min ( 294 sec., λ = 0.00235764 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    217
    85
    At
      (Q = 6.458 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: β- to
    221
    88
    Ra
      (Q = 0.312 MeV)   Branch ratio: <0.10 %
  • Mode of decay: 14C   (Q = 0.312 MeV)   Branch ratio: 9E-13 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    221
    86
    Rn
    α from
    225
    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
04.8 m5/2- +1.58(3) [211Fr]CFBLSEPL 3 175 (87)
+1.58(3) [211Fr]ABLSPL 163B 66 (85)
-0.98(6) st "ABLS, R"PL 163B 66 (85)/NP A468 1 (87)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.