Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Californium-250:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:250.076400±0.000002amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):71.166085±0.002209MeV
    Binding Energy:1869.993983±0.002234MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-2.100000±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: 0+
  • Half life: 13.08 years ( 4.12543×10+08 sec., λ = 1.68018×10-09 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    246
    96
    Cm
      (Q = 6.128 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.92 %
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: 0.08 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    250
    97
    Bk
    E.C. from
    250
    99
    Es
    α from
    254
    100
    Fm
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)