84-Po-210
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84-polonium-210

Polonium-210 reduces the static charge in production of photographic film and phonograph records.
  • Atomic Mass: 209.9828574 +- 0.0000031 amu
  • Excess Mass: -15968.230 +- 2.909 keV
  • Binding Energy: 1645228.334 +- 2.922 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- -3981.123 +- 7.745 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.
  • Spin: 0+
  • Half life: 138.376 d
  • Mode of decay: Alpha to Pb-206
    • Decay energy: 5.407 MeV

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Beta from Bi-210
    Electron capture from At-210
    Alpha from Rn-214
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
147343 ns6+ 5.48(5) TDPADNP A273 253 (76)
155796 ns8+ +7.35(5) TDPADNP A273 253 (76)/PL 44B 440 (73)
(-)0.57(2) est. from B(E2)not measuredHFI 34 47 (87)/NP A394 245 (83)
284920.1 ns11- +12.20(9) TDPADNP A273 253 (76)/PS 14 95 (76)
-0.86(11) [210Po 1557]TDPADNP A522 483 (91)
-0.8(2) [210Po 1557]TDPADNP A394 245 (83)
437251 ns13- 6.8(2) TDPADPS 31 333 (85)
-0.90(7) [210Po 1557]TDPADNP A522 483 (91)
"(-)0,62(11)" [210Po 1557]TDPADNP A394 245 (83)
5058265 ns16+ 9.84(8) TDPADPS 31 333 (85)
-1.30(2) [210Po 1557]TDPADNP A522 483 (91)
1.34(8) [210Po 1557]TDPADBAPS 31 1236 (86)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.