Cf
Californium-242
Protons (Z)
98
Neutrons (N)
144
Mass number
242
Half-Life
3.49 m
Abundance
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Mass
242.064 u
Mass Excess
59,387.0 keV
Spin
0+
Discovered
1967
Binding energy per nucleon
7,509 keV
Neutron separation energy
8,014 keV
Proton separation energy
3,882 keV
Decay Mode
- SF<0.014%
Decay chain
- CfCalifornium-242Z 98 · N 1443.49 m
- α61%
- α3.84%
- EC94%
- β⁺100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α100%
- α99.98%
- β⁻100%
- β⁻99.976%
- α100%
- β⁻~100%
- β⁻~100%
- α100%