94-Pu-237
 basic
 XS graphs

 element
94-plutonium-237

  • Atomic Mass: 237.0484038 +- 0.0000025 amu
  • Excess Mass: 45087.818 +- 2.342 keV
  • Binding Energy: 1794274.467 +- 2.363 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- -1459.627 +- 51.899 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: 45.2 d
  • Mode of decay: Electron capture to Np-237
    • Decay energy: 0.220 MeV
  • Mode of decay: Alpha to U-233
    • Branch ratio: 0.0042 %
    • Decay energy: 5.750 MeV

    Meta state at 0.146 Mev
  • Spin: 1/2+
  • Half life: 0.18 s
  • Mode of decay: IT

    Meta state at 2.600 Mev
  • Half life: 85 ns
  • Mode of decay: SF
    • Branch ratio: <=100.00 %
    • Decay energy: 0 0.000 MeV

    Meta state at 2.900 Mev
  • Half life: 1.1 us
  • Mode of decay: SF
    • Branch ratio: <=100.00 %
    • Decay energy: 0 0.000 MeV

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Electron capture from Am-237
    Alpha from Cm-241
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
~230085 ns(3/2) -0.68(5) TDPADPRL 48 982 (82)/PRL 49 244(E) (82)
~26001.1 ms g=+0.14(2) TDPADPRL 32 1009 (74)/Cf74Upp 132 (74)
N. J. Stone, Table of Nuclear Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Moments, to be published.  2000 Courtesy of T. Burrows at BNL/NNDC.