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Information about Polonium-208:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:207.981231±0.000003amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-17.483154±0.003208MeV
    Binding Energy:1630.600612±0.003220MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-4.984842±0.025907MeV
"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: 2.898 years ( 9.14029×10+07 sec., λ = 7.58342×10-09 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    204
    82
    Pb
      (Q = 5.215 MeV)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    208
    83
    Bi
      (Q = 1.401 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    208
    85
    At
    α from
    212
    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
15244.3 ns6+ +5.3(6) [Bhf PoNi]"TDPAD, R"ZP A305 1 (82)/ZP A311 351 (83)
1528380 ns8+ +7.37(5) SOPAD/TDPADNP A273 253 (76)/NP A211 38 (73)
0.90(4) [210Po 1557]TDPADHFI 34 47 (87)
27038.0 ns11- 12.11(14) TDPADPS 31 122 (85)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.