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Information about Polonium-197:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:196.985567±0.000207amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-13.445000±0.193000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1537.778000±0.193000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-7.194000±0.400000MeV #
"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: 53.6 s ( 53.6 sec., λ = 0.0129319 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    197
    83
    Bi
      (Q = 6.200 MeV)   Branch ratio: 56.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    193
    82
    Pb
      (Q = 6.410 MeV)   Branch ratio: 44.00 %
    Meta state at 0.204 Mev
  • Spin: 13/2+) 53.6
  • Half life: 25.8 s ( 25.8 sec., λ = 0.0268662 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    193
    82
    Pb
      (Q = 6.614 MeV)   Branch ratio: 84.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    197
    83
    Bi
      (Q = 6.404 MeV)   Branch ratio: 16.00 %
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT) to
    197
    84
    Po
      (Q = 0.204 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.01 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    201
    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)