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Information about Berkelium-242:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:242.062050±0.000215amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):57.799000±0.200000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1819.573000±0.200000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-1.526000±0.203000MeV #
"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:

  • Half life: 7.0 min ( 420 sec., λ = 0.00165035 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    242
    96
    Cm
      (Q = 3.000 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: >0.00 %
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: >0.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    246
    99
    Es
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)