The closest match in my (rather old) reference is K40, with a
half life of 1.248x109 years. But precision was lacking in the
question.
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There were some things that used to be measured in sixteenths of
an inch - a sixteenth being a half of a half of a half of a
half.
You can get precision rulers with inches divided into 32 equal
parts. Most rulers give tenths.
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Either less ripple voltage with the same filter capacitance, or
similar ripple voltage with smaller filter capacitances (and thus
physically smaller filter capacitors).