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Information about Francium-223:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:223.019731±0.000003amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):18.379037±0.002713MeV
    Binding Energy:1713.461203±0.002730MeV
    β- Decay Energy:1.149064±0.000855MeV
"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: 3/2(-)
  • Half life: 22.00 min ( 1320 sec., λ = 0.000525112 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    223
    88
    Ra
      (Q = 1.149 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.99 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    219
    85
    At
      (Q = 5.430 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.0060 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    223
    86
    Rn
    α from
    227
    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
021.8 m3/2(-) +1.17(2) [211Fr]ABLSPL 163B 66 (85)
+1.17(1) [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.