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Information about Fermium-256:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:256.091767±0.000008amu
    Excess Mass (Δ):85.479952±0.007195MeV
    Binding Energy:1902.543347±0.007203MeV
    β- Decay Energy:-2.129614±0.052820MeV
"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: 157.6 min ( 9456 sec., λ = 7.33024×10-05 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: 91.90 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    252
    98
    Cf
      (Q = 7.027 MeV)   Branch ratio: 8.10 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    β- from
    256
    99
    Es
    E.C. from
    256
    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)