98-Cf-253
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98-californium-253

  • Atomic Mass: 253.0851268 +- 0.0000067 amu
  • Excess Mass: 79295.083 +- 6.209 keV
  • Binding Energy: 1886078.954 +- 6.218 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- 287.661 +- 6.412 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: (7/2+)
  • Half life: 17.81 d
  • Mode of decay: Beta to Es-253
    • Branch ratio: 99.69 %
    • Decay energy: 0.285 MeV
  • Mode of decay: Alpha to Cm-249
    • Branch ratio: 0.31 %
    • Decay energy: 6.124 MeV

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Alpha from Fm-257
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)