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Information about Polonium-198:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:197.983343±0.000163amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):-15.516000±0.152000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1547.920000±0.152000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-8.764701±0.400566MeV
"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: 1.77 min ( 106.2 sec., λ = 0.00652681 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    194
    82
    Pb
      (Q = 6.309 MeV)   Branch ratio: 57.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    198
    83
    Bi
      (Q = 4.020 MeV)   Branch ratio: 43.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    202
    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)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
185429 ns8+ +7.3(2) TDPADZP A324 123 (86)
2566200 ns11- +12.1(6) TDPADZP A324 123 (86)
2692+x750 ns12+ -1.86(4) TDPADZP A324 123 (86)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.