Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Californium-249:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:249.074847±0.000003amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):69.719351±0.002806MeV
    Binding Energy:1863.369394±0.002826MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.451000±0.030000MeV #
"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: 351 years ( 1.10705×10+10 sec., λ = 6.26119×10-11 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    245
    96
    Cm
      (Q = 6.295 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: 5.2E-7 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    249
    97
    Bk
    E.C. from
    249
    99
    Es
    α from
    253
    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)