Bk
Berkelium-242
Protons (Z)
97
Neutrons (N)
145
Mass number
242
Half-Life
7.0 m
Abundance
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Mass
242.062 u
Mass Excess
57,750.0 keV
Spin
(3+)
Discovered
1972
Binding energy per nucleon
7,519 keV
Neutron separation energy
6,301 keV
Proton separation energy
3,241 keV
Decay Mode
- β⁺SF<3e-5%
Decay chain
- BkBerkelium-242Z 97 · N 1457.0 m
- β⁺~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α100%
- α99.98%
- β⁻100%
- β⁻99.976%
- α100%
- β⁻~100%
- β⁻~100%
- α100%