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Information about Berkelium-246:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:246.068667±0.000064amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):63.962736±0.060040MeV
    Binding Energy:1845.694395±0.060041MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-0.122930±0.060023MeV
"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: 2(-)
  • Half life: 1.80 days ( 155520 sec., λ = 4.45696×10-06 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    246
    96
    Cm
      (Q = 1.350 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: α to
    242
    95
    Am
      (Q = 6.070 MeV)   Branch ratio: <0.20 %
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)