Periodic Table/Berkelium/²³⁴Bk

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²³⁴Bk

Berkelium-234

Radioactive· Half-life: 20.0 s

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

97

Neutrons (N)

137

Mass Number (A)

234

Atomic Mass

234.057322AMU

Spin / Parity

3-

Binding E/A

7.307keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

20.0 s

Decay Modesoverview · half-life · α · β⁻ · β⁺

α

80.0%

β⁺

20.0%

Decay Chain

²³⁴BkBerkelium20.0 s

α80.0%

β⁺²³⁴Cm20.0%

²³⁰AmAmericium40.0 s

β⁺100.0%

²³⁰PuPlutonium1.75 min

α100.0%

β⁺²³⁰Np

²²⁶UUranium269 ms

α100.0%

²²²ThThorium2.24 ms

α100.0%

EC²²²Ac

²¹⁸RaRadium25.9 μs

α100.0%

²¹⁴RnRadon259 ns

α100.0%

²¹⁰PoPolonium138 d

α100.0%

²⁰⁶PbLeadSTABLE

9-step decay chain → stable · Primary path shown · branching ratios indicated

Other Isotopes of Berkelium

233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254

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