90-Th-232
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90-thorium-232

  • Atomic Mass: 232.0380504 +- 0.0000022 amu
  • Excess Mass: 35443.677 +- 2.036 keV
  • Binding Energy: 1766691.409 +- 2.061 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- -494.958 +- 7.826 keV
"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.
  • Atomic Percent Abundance: 100%
  • Spin: 0+
  • Half life: 1.405E10 years
  • Mode of decay: Alpha to Ra-228
    • Decay energy: 4.083 MeV
  • Mode of decay: SF
    • Branch ratio: <1.0E-9 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Beta from Ac-232
    Electron capture from Pa-232
    Alpha from U-236
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
gsband g(18-24)>g(10-16) TFPRL 48 383 (82)
g(av)=0.28(2)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.