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Information about Berkelium-244:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:244.065168±0.000016amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):60.703482±0.014489MeV
    Binding Energy:1832.811004±0.014492MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-0.766161±0.014617MeV
"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: (1-)
  • Half life: 4.35 h ( 15660 sec., λ = 4.42623×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    244
    96
    Cm
      (Q = 4 2.260 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.994 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    240
    95
    Am
      (Q = 6.780 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.0060 %
    Meta state at 0.000 Mev 4.35
  • Half life: 820 ns ( 8.2×10+11 sec., λ = 8.45301×10-13 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: SF   (Q = 0 0.000 MeV)   Branch ratio: <=100.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    248
    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)