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:hart of the Nuclides


Chemical Displacements Caused by Nuclear
Element
-Symbol
Bombardment Reactions
H
1.0079 - Atomic Weight (Carbon-12 Scale)

Hydrogen - Element Name


a,3n a,2n
3He, n ex,n
tT a .333, .150 - Thermal Neutron Absorption Cross-
Section In Barns. followed by Resonance
Integral,ln Barns.

P,y ex,np
Stable /' Even 2, Even N Nuclides Have Spin Bnd Parity 0+
p,n d,n I,n
3He, np 3He,p
Pd108 - Symbol, Moss Number

Atom Percent Abundance- 28.46


p, pn Original d,p
harmal Neutron Activation Cross-Sections In y,n Nucleus n,y !, p
larns Leading to (Isomeric + Ground State), { n,2n n,n I, np
allowed by Resonance Integrals Leading to
somerlc + Ground State).
cry ~~~~:J.,)
Isotopic Mass (Carbon -12 Scale) - 107.903194 .oIIIIIIIIIII - Fission Product, Slow Neutron Fission of U235,
U233 or Pu239.
n, I n,d n,p
P,ex y,np y,p !,3He
Artificially n, nd n,np
Radioactive

838 - Symbol, Mass Number


2.84h -Half-Life
•Modes of Decay with { n,ex n ,3He
Energy of Radiation {J- .99"" n,n 3He n, pd
In Movlor Alpha lind Beta; Y 1941.9.···
Kev for gammas.

E 2.94 - Beta Dlslnlegratlon Energy In Mev

Naturally Occurring or Otherwise


Available but Radioactive Relative Locations of the Products
Symbol, Mass Number- - Spin and Parlly of Various Nuclear Processes
- Alom Percent Abundance
-Half-Life
Modes of Decay In Order of Prominence
with Energy of Radiation In Mev for Alpha { 3He in
and Beta. Kev for gammas. ex in
/
Thermal Neutron Caplure Cross-Section,
Followed by Resonance Integral. L....::"":':"-'-.":"::'=:':":'",-, - ~~~~~:~~::~~
Isotopic Mass

Member of Naturally fJ- oul p in d in I in


Radioactive Decay Chain

Po218 - Symbol, Mass Number


Hlslorlcal Symbol- •• ' 3.10 m - Half-Life

a 6.0024 Modes of Decay and Energy In Original


y510. } Mev for Alpha +Beta. Kev for gamma. n oul Nucleus n in
fl-w w Indicates Decay Mode Intenslly
(see symbolllsl)
218.008965 - Isotopic Mass

I oul d oul P oul


fJ+ oul
E
Two Isomeric Slates
Spin and Parity of One Stable
/' Spin and Parity of Ground State, 1/2+
~~~_,'obleSlole,,, "'1'"'1/""-"'8=-n""'~""1"='7=-1""1""+ - Symbol, Mass Number
Holf-Llfe- 13.60d .
7 68 - Atom Percenl Abundance
ex oul 3He oul
Modes of Decay { IT 156.0,
wllh Energy of e-
Radiation In Kev. y158.6
} ~~:~~a~~I:~:n~~~~~~~~~:I~~:~:~~~~n
Barns
Isotopic Mass - =,,:.:.==:;=:=..;~ -
,, ~~~nu'i;:~~~~~~9.Neutron Fission of
Radioactive Isomer Stable Ground State

Two Isomeric States


Both Radioactive /' Spin and Parily of Ground Stale
Spin and Parity of - 2+ - Symbol, Mass Number
Metastable State
- Half Lives

IT 58.6,e- /l- .318, Modes of Decay and Energy In Order


1I-"'i of Inlenslly; ... Indicates Additional Low
Thermal Neutron 1332.5 y 1332.5, } IntensllyTranslllons; -Indlcales (Where
Activation Cross- y Cd ••• ~.173.2, Shown) Range of Energies Included.
Seclion In Barns O"yio, O"y 2.0,4
Followed by Resonance-
2.3E2 E 2,824 - Bela Disintegration Energy In Mev

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Integral In Barns

Radioactive m -state Isomer Radioactive g.s. Isomer


SYMBOLS COLORS USED FOR HALF LIVES
(APPEAR IN UPPER HALF OF NUCLIDE BLOCK)
RADIATIONS AND DECAY
ex alpha particle
~ 1 DAY TO 10 DAYS
fJ-
fJ +
y
negative electron
positron
gamma ray
o 10DAYST0100DAYS
n
p
d
t
neutron
proton
deuteron
triton
o 100 DAYS TO 10 YEARS

E electron capture 10 YEARS TO 5E8 YEARS

o
IT Isomeric transition
o delayed radiation
SF spontaneous fission > 5E8 YEARS OR STABLE
E disintegration energy
e- conversion electron
fJ-fJ- double beta-decay COLORS USED FOR NEUTRON ABSORPTION PROPERTIES
C14 particle emission (APPEAR IN LOWER HALF OF NUCLIDE BLOCK)
Ne particle emission
TIME _ 10BARNST0100BARNS
f.Js microseconds (1.0E-6 sec.)
ms milliseconds (1.0E-3 sec.) r--I 100 BARNS TO
s seconds L-J 500 BARNS

o
m minutes
h hours 500 BARNS TO
d days 1000 BARNS
a years
OTHER SYMBOLS > 1000
BARNS
w absolute abundance less than 1'J(,
vw absolute abundance less than 10E3'J(,
vww absolute abundance less than 10E6'J(,
E Indicates exponential format, e.g.,
1.06Ella is 1.06 x 1011 years
indicates assignment to metastable (m)
and ground (g) state states inconclusive
! indicates assignment of m2 and ml
states inconclusive
X unspecified number of particles of
a given type emitted, e.g., Xp

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