Am
Americium-240
Protons (Z)
95
Neutrons (N)
145
Mass number
240
Half-Life
2.12 d
Abundance
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Mass
240.055 u
Mass Excess
51,510.0 keV
Spin
(3-)
Discovered
1949
Binding energy per nucleon
7,547 keV
Neutron separation energy
5,952 keV
Proton separation energy
4,367 keV
Decay Mode
Decay chain
- AmAmericium-240Z 95 · N 1452.12 d
- β⁺~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- β⁻100%
- β⁻100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α100%
- α100%
- β⁻100%
- β⁻64.046%
- α100%