| Quantity | Value | Units | Value | Units |
| Atomic number | 84 | |||
| Atomic mass | [208.98243(2)] | g mol-1 | ||
| Density | 9.320 | g cm-3 | ||
| Mean excitation energy | 830.0 | eV | ||
| Minimum ionization | 1.141 | MeV g-1cm2 | 10.63 | MeV cm-1 |
| Nuclear interaction length | 200.2 | g cm-2 | 21.48 | cm |
| Nuclear collision length | 114.3 | g cm-2 | 12.27 | cm |
| Pion interaction length | 226.4 | g cm-2 | 24.29 | cm |
| Pion collision length | 137.6 | g cm-2 | 14.76 | cm |
| Radiation length | 6.16 | g cm-2 | 0.6611 | cm |
| Critical energy | 7.33 | MeV (for e-) | 7.06 | MeV (for e+) |
| Muon critical energy | 140. | GeV | ||
| Molière radius | 17.83 | g cm-2 | 1.913 | cm |
| Plasma energy ℏωp | 55.77 | eV |