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Information about Americium-239:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:239.053018±0.000003amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):49.386389±0.002803MeV
    Binding Energy:1805.336188±0.002821MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.800000±0.100000MeV #
"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: 11.9 h ( 42840 sec., λ = 1.61799×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    239
    94
    Pu
      (Q = 0.803 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.99 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    235
    93
    Np
      (Q = 5.924 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.01 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    239
    96
    Cm
    α from
    243
    97
    Bk
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)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
~2500163 ns(7/2+) (+)2.6(2) TDPADPL163B 327 (85)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.