Periodic Table/Polonium/¹⁹⁶Po

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¹⁹⁶Po

Polonium-196

Radioactive· Half-life: 5.63 s

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

84

Neutrons (N)

112

Mass Number (A)

196

Atomic Mass

195.985541AMU

Spin / Parity

0+

Binding E/A

7.586keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

5.63 s

Decay Modesoverview · half-life · α · β⁻ · β⁺

α

94.0%

β⁺

Decay Chain

¹⁹⁶PoPolonium5.63 s

α94.0%

β⁺¹⁹⁶Bi

¹⁹²PbLead3.50 min

β⁺100.0%

α¹⁸⁸Hg0.01%

¹⁹²TlThallium9.60 min

β⁺100.0%

¹⁹²HgMercury4.85 h

EC100.0%

α¹⁸⁸Pt

¹⁹²AuGold4.94 h

β⁺100.0%

¹⁹²PtPlatinumSTABLE

6-step decay chain → stable · Primary path shown · branching ratios indicated

Other Isotopes of Polonium

186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227

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