Am
Americium-243
Protons (Z)
95
Neutrons (N)
148
Mass number
243
Half-Life
7.35 ky
Abundance
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Mass
243.061 u
Mass Excess
57,175.0 keV
Spin
5/2-
Discovered
1950
Binding energy per nucleon
7,530 keV
Neutron separation energy
6,364 keV
Proton separation energy
4,831 keV
Decay Mode
- α→Neptunium-239~100%
- SF3.7e-9%
Decay chain
- AmAmericium-243Z 95 · N 1487.35 ky
- α~100%
- β⁻100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- β⁻100%
- α~100%
- β⁻98.62%
- α100%
- α~100%
- α100%
- α~100%
- β⁻100%
- α~100%
- β⁻100%