Basic Info

n-XS summary


element
Information about Fermium-255:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:255.089955±0.000005amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):83.792964±0.004885MeV
    Binding Energy:1896.159012±0.004897MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-1.043022±0.008137MeV
"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: 7/2+
  • Half life: 20.07 h ( 72252 sec., λ = 9.59347×10-06 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    251
    98
    Cf
      (Q = 7.241 MeV)
  • Mode of decay: SF   (Q = 4 0.000 MeV)   Branch ratio: 0.000024 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    255
    99
    Es
    E.C. from
    255
    101
    Md
    α from
    259
    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)