Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Curium-241:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:241.057647±0.000002amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):53.697581±0.002278MeV
    Binding Energy:1816.385289±0.002301MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-2.400000±0.200000MeV #
"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: 1/2+
  • Half life: 32.8 days ( 2.83392×10+06 sec., λ = 2.4459×10-07 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    241
    95
    Am
      (Q = 0.767 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    237
    94
    Pu
      (Q = 6.185 MeV)   Branch ratio: 1.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    245
    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)