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Information about Curium-240:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:240.055519±0.000003amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):51.715651±0.002732MeV
    Binding Energy:1810.295896±0.002751MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-3.940000±0.150000MeV #
"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: 27 days ( 2.3328×10+06 sec., λ = 2.97131×10-07 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    236
    94
    Pu
      (Q = 6.397 MeV)   Branch ratio: >99.50 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    240
    95
    Am
      (Q = 0.215 MeV)   Branch ratio: <0.50 %
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: 3.9E-6 %
    Meta state at 2.000 Mev 27
  • Half life: 10 ps ( 1×10-11 sec., λ = 6.93147×10+10 s-1)
    Meta state at 3.000 Mev 10
  • Half life: 55 ns ( 5.5×10+10 sec., λ = 1.26027×10-11 s-1)

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    240
    97
    Bk
    α from
    244
    98
    Cf
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)