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Information about Fermium-253:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:253.085176±0.000005amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):79.341163±0.004939MeV
    Binding Energy:1884.468167±0.004951MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.960000±0.205000MeV #
"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: 1/2+
  • Half life: 3.00 days ( 259200 sec., λ = 2.67418×10-06 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    E.C.
    to
    253
    99
    Es
      (Q = 0.333 MeV)   Branch ratio: 88.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    249
    98
    Cf
      (Q = 7.197 MeV)   Branch ratio: 12.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    257
    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)