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Information about Radium-208:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:208.001776±0.000150amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):1.654000±0.140000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1608.334000±0.140000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-9.043000±0.250000MeV #
"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: 1.3 s ( 1.3 sec., λ = 0.53319 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    204
    86
    Rn
      (Q = 7.273 MeV)   Branch ratio: 95.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    208
    87
    Fr
      (Q = 4.330 MeV)   Branch ratio: 5.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    212
    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)