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Information about Mendelevium-251:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:251.084919±0.000218amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):79.101000±0.203000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1867.783000±0.203000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-3.765000±0.272000MeV #
"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:

  • Half life: 4.0 min ( 240 sec., λ = 0.00288811 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    251
    100
    Fm
      (Q = 3.070 MeV)   Branch ratio: >=90.00 %
  • Mode of decay:
    α
    to
    247
    99
    Es
      (Q = 8.020 MeV)   Branch ratio: <=10.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    α from
    255
    103
    Lr
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)