Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Curium-250:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:250.078351±0.000012amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):72.983184±0.011223MeV
    Binding Energy:1869.741591±0.011228MeV
    β- Decay Energy:0.037407±0.011612MeV
"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: 9700 years ( 3.05938×10+11 sec., λ = 2.26565×10-12 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: ~80.00 %
  • Mode of decay: α to
    246
    94
    Pu
      (Q = 5.169 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~11.00 %
  • Mode of decay: β- to
    250
    97
    Bk
      (Q = 0.037 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~9.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    254
    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)