Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Einsteinium-254:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:254.088016±0.000005amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):81.986388±0.004388MeV
    Binding Energy:1890.676618±0.004402MeV
    β- Decay Energy:1.088200±0.003202MeV
"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+)
  • Half life: 275.7 days ( 2.38205×10+07 sec., λ = 2.90988×10-08 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    250
    97
    Bk
      (Q = 6.618 MeV)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    254
    98
    Cf
      (Q = 0 0.654 MeV)   Branch ratio: <0.00010 %
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: <3.0E-6 %
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    254
    100
    Fm
      (Q = 1.090 MeV)   Branch ratio: 1.7E-6 %
    Meta state at 0.078 Mev
  • Spin: 2+ 275.7
  • Half life: 39.3 h ( 141480 sec., λ = 4.89926×10-06 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    β-
    to
    254
    100
    Fm
      (Q = 1.168 MeV)   Branch ratio: 98.00 %
  • Mode of decay: γ (IT) to
    254
    99
    Es
      (Q = 0.078 MeV)   Branch ratio: <3.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    250
    97
    Bk
      (Q = 6.696 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.33 %
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    254
    98
    Cf
      (Q = 0.732 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.08 %
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: <0.05 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    258
    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)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
7839.3 h2+ 2.90(7) [253Es]ABPR A11 499 (75)
3.7(5) st [253Es]ABPR A11 499 (75)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.