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Information about Polonium-196:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:195.985512±0.000194amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-13.495000±0.180000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1529.757000±0.180000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-9.492000±0.292000MeV #
"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: 0+
  • Half life: 5.8 s ( 5.8 sec., λ = 0.119508 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    192
    82
    Pb
      (Q = 6.657 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~98.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    196
    83
    Bi
      (Q = 4.600 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~2.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    200
    86
    Rn
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)