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Information about Berkelium-245:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:245.066355±0.000003amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):61.809635±0.002466MeV
    Binding Energy:1839.776173±0.002488MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.568000±0.100000MeV #
"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: 4.94 days ( 426816 sec., λ = 1.624×10-06 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    245
    96
    Cm
      (Q = 0.810 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.88 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    241
    95
    Am
      (Q = 6.455 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.12 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    245
    98
    Cf
    α from
    249
    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)