96-Cm-238  basic  element

96-curium-238 Atomic Mass: 238.0530163 +- 0.0000394 amu Excess Mass: 49384.356 +- 36.662 keV Binding Energy: 1796484.545 +- 36.663 keV Beta Decay Energy: B- -4890.000 +- 290.000 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: 2.4 h Mode of decay: Electron capture to Am-238 Branch ratio: >=90.00 % Decay energy: 0.970 MeV Mode of decay: Alpha to Pu-234 Branch ratio: <=10.00 % Decay energy: 6.620 MeV Possible parent nuclides: Alpha from Cf-242 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)