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Information about Radium-216:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:216.003518±0.000010amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):3.277370±0.009144MeV
    Binding Energy:1671.281257±0.009148MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-4.846438±0.028423MeV
"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: 182 ns ( 1.82×10+11 sec., λ = 3.8085×10-12 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    212
    86
    Rn
      (Q = 9.526 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    216
    87
    Fr
      (Q = 0.308 MeV)   Branch ratio: <1.0E-8 %
    Meta state at 1.507 Mev
  • Spin: 6+ 182
  • Half life: <0.2 ns ( 0 sec., λ = inf s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    212
    86
    Rn
      (Q = 11.034 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.58 %
    Meta state at 1.711 Mev
  • Spin: 8+ <0.2
  • Half life: 1.42 ns ( 1.42×10+09 sec., λ = 4.88132×10-10 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    212
    86
    Rn
      (Q = 11.237 MeV)   Branch ratio: 1.86 %
    Meta state at 2.026 Mev
  • Spin: 10+ 1.42
  • Half life: 0.6 ns ( 6×10+08 sec., λ = 1.15525×10-09 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    212
    86
    Rn
      (Q = 11.552 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.12 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    220
    90
    Th
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
15080.5 ns6+ g(avge) = 0.1(3) TDPADHFI 59 165 (90)
17111.7 ns8+ g(avge) = 0.1(3) TDPADHFI 59 165 (90)
+3(3) IPADCf83Meguro 155 (83)
20260.6 ns10+ +1(3) TDPADHFI 59 165 (90)
26790.8 ns13- -1(3) TDPADHFI 59 165 (90)
37635.3 ns19- +9.3(10) TDPADHFI 59 165 (90)
+9.7(6) TDPADNP A442 361 (85)
51706.6 ns25- +18(5) TDPADHFI 59 165 (90)
25-/24+ g = 0.63(6) TDPADNP A442 361 (85)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.