Cf
Californium-240
Protons (Z)
98
Neutrons (N)
142
Mass number
240
Half-Life
40.3 s
Abundance
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Mass
240.062 u
Mass Excess
57,989.0 keV
Spin
0+
Discovered
1970
Binding energy per nucleon
7,510 keV
Neutron separation energy
8,282 keV
Proton separation energy
3,550 keV
Decay Mode
- SF1.5%
Decay chain
- CfCalifornium-240Z 98 · N 14240.3 s
- α98.5%
- β⁺82%
- β⁺~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α100%
- α100%
- β⁻100%
- β⁻64.046%
- α100%