94-Pu-242
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94-plutonium-242

  • Atomic Mass: 242.0587368 +- 0.0000021 amu
  • Excess Mass: 54713.012 +- 1.966 keV
  • Binding Energy: 1825005.887 +- 1.993 keV
  • Beta Decay Energy: B- -750.963 +- 0.718 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: 373300 years
  • Mode of decay: Alpha to U-238
    • Decay energy: 4.984 MeV
  • Mode of decay: SF
    • Branch ratio: 0.00055 %
  • Mode of decay: SF
    • Branch ratio: >0.00 %
  • Mode of decay: SF
    • Branch ratio: >0.00 %

  • Possible parent nuclides:
    Beta from Np-242
    Electron capture from Am-242
    Alpha from Cm-246
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)