%A"Ginocchio, J N [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)]" %A"Kuyucak, S [Melbourne Univ., Parkville (Australia). School of Physics]" %D1991 %I; Melbourne Univ., Parkville, VIC (Australia). School of Physics %2USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States); Australian Research Council, Canberra, ACT (Australia) %J[] %K73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS, DEFORMED NUCLEI, SPIN, SU-2 GROUPS, CONFIGURATION MIXING, GROUND STATES, INTERACTING BOSON MODEL, QUADRUPOLES, ROTATIONAL STATES, THEORETICAL DATA, 663110, GENERAL AND AVERAGE PROPERTIES OF NUCLEI AND NUCLEAR ENERGY LEVELS %PMedium: X; Size: 9 p. %TDetermination of F-spin symmetry in deformed nuclei %XThe purity of a neutron-proton symmetry called F-spin is estimated in collective nuclei. Two simple formulae are shown to provide a quick and accurate estimate for F-spin admixtures in the ground band. Conclusions are also drawn about quadrupole effective charges in collective nuclei. 11 refs., 2 figs. %0Technical Report %NUM-P-91/85;Other: ON: DE92612085; TRN: AU9112344006111 %1 %CAustralia %Rhttps://doi.org/ Other: ON: DE92612085; TRN: AU9112344006111 INIS %GEnglish