Francium-224

Isotopes of francium

Isotopes of francium

Nuclides with atomic number of 87 but with different mass numbers

Francium (87Fr) has no stable isotopes. A standard atomic weight cannot be given. Its most stable isotope is 223Fr with a half-life of 22 minutes, occurring in trace quantities in nature as an intermediate decay product of 235U.

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Of elements whose most stable isotopes have been identified with certainty, francium is the most unstable. All elements with atomic number of 106 (seaborgium) or greater have most-stable-known isotopes shorter than that of francium, but as those elements have only a relatively small number of isotopes discovered, the possibility remains that undiscovered isotopes of these elements may have longer half-lives.

List of isotopes

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  1. [n 1]
    mFr – Excited nuclear isomer.
  2. [n 2]
    ( ) – Uncertainty (1σ) is given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits.
  3. [n 3]
    # – Atomic mass marked #: value and uncertainty derived not from purely experimental data, but at least partly from trends from the Mass Surface (TMS).
  4. [n 4]
    # – Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from trends of neighboring nuclides (TNN).
  5. [n 5]
    Modes of decay:
    CD:Cluster decay
    IT:Isomeric transition
  6. [n 6]
    ( ) spin value – Indicates spin with weak assignment arguments.
  7. [n 7]
    Theoretically capable of β+ decay to 216Rn[1]
  8. [n 8]
    Intermediate decay product of 237Np
  9. [n 9]
    The nuclide with the lowest atomic number known to undergo cluster decay
  10. [N 10]
    Intermediate decay product of 235U

References

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