Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Californium-254:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:254.087316±0.000013amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):81.334503±0.012319MeV
    Binding Energy:1892.110857±0.012324MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-0.651886±0.012764MeV
"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: 60.5 days ( 5.2272×10+06 sec., λ = 1.32604×10-07 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: 99.69 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    250
    96
    Cm
      (Q = 5.926 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.31 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    254
    99
    Es
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)