98-Cf-242  basic  element

98-californium-242 Atomic Mass: 242.0636887 +- 0.0000396 amu Excess Mass: 59325.645 +- 36.887 keV Binding Energy: 1817263.841 +- 36.888 keV Beta Decay Energy: B- -5598.000 +- 327.000 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: 0+ Half life: 3.7 min Mode of decay: Alpha to Cm-238 Branch ratio: >0.00 % Decay energy: 7.516 MeV Possible parent nuclides: Alpha from Fm-246 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)