Astatine
Occurrence, isolation & synthesis
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Astatine is found in the Earth's crust in uranium ores [3]. The naturally occurring isotopes are
215
At (T
½
= 10
−4
s),
217
At (T
½
= 3.26 · 10
−2
s),
218
At (T
½
= 1.5 s) and
219
At (T
½
= 56 s) [3].