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Information about Fermium-251:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:251.081566±0.000009amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):75.978663±0.008401MeV
    Binding Energy:1871.688022±0.008408MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-3.123000±0.203000MeV #
"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: (9/2-)
  • Half life: 5.30 h ( 19080 sec., λ = 3.63285×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    251
    99
    Es
      (Q = 1.474 MeV)   Branch ratio: 98.20 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    247
    98
    Cf
      (Q = 7.425 MeV)   Branch ratio: 1.80 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    255
    102
    No
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)