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Information about Berkelium-243:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:243.063002±0.000005amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):58.685576±0.004939MeV
    Binding Energy:1826.757586±0.004950MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-2.254000±0.142000MeV #
"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: (3/2-)
  • Half life: 4.5 h ( 16200 sec., λ = 4.27869×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    243
    96
    Cm
      (Q = 1.508 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~99.85 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    239
    95
    Am
      (Q = 6.874 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~0.15 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    243
    98
    Cf
    α from
    247
    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)