Am
Americium-242n
Protons (Z)
95
Neutrons (N)
147
Mass number
242
Half-Life
14.0 ms
Abundance
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Mass
242.062 u
Mass Excess
57,670.0 keV
Spin
(2-)
Discovered
1962
Binding energy per nucleon
7,526 keV
Neutron separation energy
3,336 keV
Proton separation energy
2,574 keV
Decay Mode
- SF100%
- γ→Americium-242
Decay chain
- AmAmericium-242Z 95 · N 14714.0 ms
- γ
- β⁻82.7%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α100%
- α99.98%
- β⁻100%
- β⁻99.976%
- α100%
- β⁻~100%
- β⁻~100%
- α100%