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Information about Radon-221:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:221.015455±0.000108amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):14.396000±0.100000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1702.084000±0.100000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:1.127000±0.100000MeV #
"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: 7/2(+)
  • Half life: 25 min ( 1500 sec., λ = 0.000462098 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    221
    87
    Fr
      (Q = 1.220 MeV)   Branch ratio: 78.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    217
    84
    Po
      (Q = 6.146 MeV)   Branch ratio: 22.00 %
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
025 m(7/2+) -0.020(1) [209Rn]CFBLSPRL 60 2133 (88)
-0.38(4) "CFBLS, R"Bk88 NFFS 126 (88)
-0.47(5) CFBLSCERN EP/87-15 (87)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.