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Information about Berkelium-248:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:248.073080±0.000076amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):68.074000±0.071000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1857.726000±0.071000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:0.840000±0.071000MeV #
"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: >9 years ( 0 sec., λ = inf s-1)
  • Mode of decay: α to
    244
    95
    Am
      (Q = 5.803 MeV)   Branch ratio: >70.00 %
    Meta state at 0.000 Mev
  • Spin: 1(-) >9
  • Half life: 23.7 h ( 85320 sec., λ = 8.12409×10-06 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    248
    98
    Cf
      (Q = 0.870 MeV)   Branch ratio: 70.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    248
    96
    Cm
      (Q = 0.717 MeV)   Branch ratio: 30.00 %
  • Mode of decay: α to
    244
    95
    Am
      (Q = 1 5.803 MeV)   Branch ratio: <0.001 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    252
    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)