Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Americium-244:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:244.064279±0.000002amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):59.875894±0.002122MeV
    Binding Energy:1835.203298±0.002148MeV
    β- Decay Energy:1.428055±0.000874MeV
"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: (6-)
  • Half life: 10.1 h ( 36360 sec., λ = 1.90635×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    244
    96
    Cm
      (Q = 1.428 MeV)
    Meta state at 0.000 Mev 0.1
  • Half life: 6.5 µs ( 6.5×10-06 sec., λ = 106638 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: SF   (Q = 0 0.000 MeV)   Branch ratio: <=100.00 %
  • Mode of decay: SF   (Q = 0 0.000 MeV)   Branch ratio: <=100.00 %
    Meta state at 0.088 Mev
  • Spin: 1+ 6.5
  • Half life: 26 min ( 1560 sec., λ = 0.000444325 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    244
    96
    Cm
      (Q = 1.516 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.96 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    244
    94
    Pu
      (Q = 0.164 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.04 %
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)