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Information about Einsteinium-246:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:246.072965±0.000240amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):67.966000±0.224000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1840.126000±0.224000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-2.158000±0.227000MeV #
"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:

  • Half life: 7.7 min ( 462 sec., λ = 0.00150032 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    246
    98
    Cf
      (Q = 3.880 MeV)   Branch ratio: 90.10 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    242
    97
    Bk
      (Q = 7.740 MeV)   Branch ratio: 9.90 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    246
    98
    Cf
      (Q = 3.880 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.0030 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    250
    101
    Md
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)