element
Information about Americium-237:

WikipediaNeutron Cross SectionsX-Ray TransitionsX-Ray Attenuation

    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:237.049971±0.000056amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):46.547445±0.051910MeV
    Binding Energy:1792.032487±0.051911MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-2.720000±0.213000MeV #
"The 1995 update to the atomic mass evaluation" by G.Audi and A.H.Wapstra, Nuclear Physics A595 vol. 4 p.409-480, December 25, 1995.
Radioactive Decay Data:

  • Spin: 5/2(-)
  • Half life: 73.0 min ( 4380 sec., λ = 0.000158253 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    237
    94
    Pu
      (Q = 1.730 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.98 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    233
    93
    Np
      (Q = 6.250 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.03 %
    Meta state at 2.400 Mev 73.0
  • Half life: 5 ns ( 5×10+09 sec., λ = 1.38629×10-10 s-1)
R.R.Kinsey, et al.,The NUDAT/PCNUDAT Program for Nuclear Data,paper submitted to the 9 th International Symposium of Capture-Gamma_raySpectroscopy and Related Topics, Budapest, Hungary, Octover 1996.Data extracted from NUDAT database (Jan. 14/1999)