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Information about Californium-255:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:255.091039±0.000215amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):84.803000±0.200000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1896.714000±0.200000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:0.720000±0.200000MeV #
"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: (9/2+)
  • Half life: 85 min ( 5100 sec., λ = 0.000135911 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    255
    99
    Es
      (Q = 0.700 MeV)
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)