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Information about Rutherfordium-259:

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    Mass-Energy Data:

    Atomic Mass:259.105628±0.000077amu #
    Excess Mass (Δ):98.392000±0.072000MeV #
    Binding Energy:1910.716000±0.072000MeV #
    β- Decay Energy:-3.813000±0.296000MeV #
"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: 3.1 s ( 3.1 sec., λ = 0.223596 s-1)
  • Mode of decay: α to
    255
    102
    No
      (Q = 9.110 MeV)   Branch ratio: 93.00 %
  • Mode of decay: SF   Branch ratio: 7.00 %
  • Mode of decay: E.C. to
    259
    103
    Lr
      (Q = 2.450 MeV)   Branch ratio: ~0.30 %
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)