Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Curium-248:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:248.072342±0.000005amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):67.386359±0.005095MeV
    Binding Energy:1859.195771±0.005106MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-0.687000±0.071000MeV #
"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: 348000 years ( 1.09759×10+13 sec., λ = 6.31516×10-14 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    244
    94
    Pu
      (Q = 5.162 MeV)   Branch ratio: 91.74 %
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: 8.26 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    E.C. from
    248
    97
    Bk
    α from
    252
    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)