Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Curium-246:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:246.067218±0.000002amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):62.612736±0.002201MeV
    Binding Energy:1847.826748±0.002225MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.350000±0.060000MeV
"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: 4760 years ( 1.5013×10+11 sec., λ = 4.61697×10-12 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    242
    94
    Pu
      (Q = 5.475 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.97 %
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: 0.03 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    246
    95
    Am
    E.C. from
    246
    97
    Bk
    α from
    250
    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)