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Information about Californium-239:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:239.062579±0.000248amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):58.292000±0.231000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1794.084000±0.231000MeV #
"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:

  • Half life: 39 s ( 39 sec., λ = 0.017773 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    235
    96
    Cm
      (Q = 7.810 MeV)   Branch ratio: >50.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    239
    97
    Bk
      (Q = 3.900 MeV)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    243
    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)