98-Cf-251
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98-californium-251

  • Atomic Mass: 251.0795801 +- 0.0000049 amu
  • Excess Mass: 74128.333 +- 4.545 keV
  • Binding Energy: 1875103.058 +- 4.558 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- -375.892 +- 7.107 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: 1/2+
  • Half life: 898 years
  • Mode of decay: Alpha to Cm-247
    • Decay energy: 6.176 MeV

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Beta from Bk-251
    Electron capture from Es-251
    Alpha from Fm-255
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)