Cf
Californium-256
Protons (Z)
98
Neutrons (N)
158
Mass number
256
Half-Life
12.3 m
Abundance
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Mass
256.093 u
Mass Excess
87,040.0 keV
Spin
0+
Discovered
1980
Binding energy per nucleon
7,432 keV
Neutron separation energy
5,841 keV
Proton separation energy
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Decay Mode
- SF100%
- α→Curium-252
- β⁻
Decay chain
- CfCalifornium-256Z 98 · N 15812.3 m
- α
- β⁻
- β⁻
- α96.897%
- α91.61%
- α99.877%
- β⁻100%
- β⁻100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- β⁻100%
- β⁻100%
- α~100%
- α~100%
- α100%
- α100%
- β⁻100%
- β⁻64.046%
- α100%