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Information about Radon-209:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:208.990377±0.000032amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):-8.964106±0.029372MeV
    Binding Energy:1628.588181±0.029373MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-5.159346±0.042760MeV
"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: 5/2-
  • Half life: 28.5 min ( 1710 sec., λ = 0.000405349 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    209
    85
    At
      (Q = 3.930 MeV)   Branch ratio: 83.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    205
    84
    Po
      (Q = 6.155 MeV)   Branch ratio: 17.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    209
    87
    Fr
    α from
    213
    88
    Ra
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
029 m5/2- (+)0.8388(4) [129Xe 236]N/OPPRL 60 2133 (88)
+0.31(3) CFBLSCERN EP/87 51 (87)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.