99-Es-254
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99-einsteinium-254

  • Atomic Mass: 254.0880160 +- 0.0000047 amu
  • Excess Mass: 81986.388 +- 4.388 keV
  • Binding Energy: 1890676.618 +- 4.402 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- 1088.200 +- 3.202 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+)
  • Half life: 275.7 d
  • Mode of decay: Alpha to Bk-250
    • Decay energy: 6.618 MeV
  • Mode of decay: Electron capture to Cf-254
    • Branch ratio: <0.00010 %
    • Decay energy: 0 0.654 MeV
  • Mode of decay: SF
    • Branch ratio: <3.0E-6 %
  • Mode of decay: Beta to Fm-254
    • Branch ratio: 1.7E-6 %
    • Decay energy: 1.090 MeV

    Meta state at 0.078 Mev
  • Spin: 2+
  • Half life: 39.3 h
  • Mode of decay: Beta to Fm-254
    • Branch ratio: 98.00 %
    • Decay energy: 1.168 MeV
  • Mode of decay: IT to Es-254
    • Branch ratio: <3.00 %
    • Decay energy: 0.078 MeV
  • Mode of decay: Alpha to Bk-250
    • Branch ratio: 0.33 %
    • Decay energy: 6.696 MeV
  • Mode of decay: Electron capture to Cf-254
    • Branch ratio: 0.08 %
    • Decay energy: 0.732 MeV
  • Mode of decay: SF
    • Branch ratio: <0.05 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Alpha from Md-258
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
7839.3 h2+ 2.90(7) [253Es]ABPR A11 499 (75)
3.7(5) st [253Es]ABPR A11 499 (75)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.