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Information about Curium-239:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:239.054951±0.000107amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):51.186000±0.100000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1802.754000±0.100000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-3.177000±0.304000MeV #
"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: (7/2-)
  • Half life: 2.9 h ( 10440 sec., λ = 6.63934×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    239
    95
    Am
      (Q = 1.700 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: α to
    235
    94
    Pu
      (Q = 6.460 MeV)   Branch ratio: <0.10 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    243
    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)