96-Cm-243
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96-curium-243

  • Atomic Mass: 243.0613822 +- 0.0000024 amu
  • Excess Mass: 57177.189 +- 2.210 keV
  • Binding Energy: 1829048.327 +- 2.235 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- -1508.387 +- 4.646 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: 5/2+
  • Half life: 29.1 years
  • Mode of decay: Alpha to Pu-239
    • Branch ratio: 99.71 %
    • Decay energy: 6.169 MeV
  • Mode of decay: Electron capture to Am-243
    • Branch ratio: 0.29 %
    • Decay energy: 0.009 MeV
  • Mode of decay: SF
    • Branch ratio: 5.3E-9 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Electron capture from Bk-243
    Alpha from Cf-247
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)
Magnetic Dipole Moments and Electric Quadrupole Moments
Ex(kev)T1/2Spin    m(nm)    Q(b)    Ref. Std.MethodReference
028.5 y5/2+ 0.40(8) [241Am]EPRPL 44A 527 (73)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.