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Information about Fermium-248:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:248.077184±0.000013amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):71.896805±0.011791MeV
    Binding Energy:1851.555911±0.011795MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-5.332000±0.238000MeV #
"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: 0+
  • Half life: 36 s ( 36 sec., λ = 0.0192541 s-1)
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    244
    98
    Cf
      (Q = 8.002 MeV)   Branch ratio: 99.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    248
    99
    Es
      (Q = 1.600 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~1.00 %
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: ~0.05 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    252
    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)