95-Am-238
 basic

 element
95-americium-238

  • Atomic Mass: 238.0519778 +- 0.0000545 amu
  • Excess Mass: 48417.037 +- 50.726 keV
  • Binding Energy: 1798234.218 +- 50.727 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- -967.319 +- 62.536 keV
"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.
  • Spin: 1+
  • Half life: 98 min
  • Mode of decay: Electron capture to Pu-238
    • Branch ratio: >99.99 %
    • Decay energy: 2.260 MeV
  • Mode of decay: Alpha to Np-234
    • Branch ratio: 0.0001 %
    • Decay energy: 6.040 MeV

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Electron capture from Cm-238
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)