Periodic Table/Berkelium/²⁴²Bk

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²⁴²Bk

Berkelium-242

Radioactive· Half-life: 7.00 min

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

97

Neutrons (N)

145

Mass Number (A)

242

Atomic Mass

242.061999AMU

Spin / Parity

3+

Binding E/A

7.314keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

7.00 min

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

β⁺

100.0%

β⁺SF

3.0%

α

Decay Chain

²⁴²BkBerkelium7.00 min

β⁺100.0%

α²³⁸Am

²⁴²CmCurium163 d

α100.0%

34Si²⁰⁸Pb1.10%

2β⁺²⁴²Pu

²³⁸PuPlutonium87.7 y

α100.0%

30Mg²⁰⁸Pb6.00%

32Si²⁰⁶Hg1.40%

²³⁴UUranium246 ky

α100.0%

26Ne²⁰⁸Pb9.00%

28Mg²⁰⁶Hg1.40%

²³⁰ThThorium75.4 ky

α100.0%

24Ne²⁰⁶Hg5.80%

²²⁶RaRadium1.60 ky

α100.0%

¹⁴C²¹²Pb2.60%

2β⁻²²⁶Th

²²²RnRadon3.82 d

α100.0%

²¹⁸PoPolonium3.10 min

α100.0%

β⁻²¹⁸At0.02%

²¹⁴PbLead27.1 min

β⁻100.0%

²¹⁴BiBismuth19.9 min

β⁻100.0%

α²¹⁰Tl0.02%

β⁻α²¹⁰Pb0.00%

²¹⁴PoPolonium163 μs

α100.0%

²¹⁰PbLead22.2 y

β⁻100.0%

α²⁰⁶Hg1.90%

²¹⁰BiBismuth5.01 d

β⁻100.0%

α²⁰⁶Tl13.2%

²¹⁰PoPolonium138 d

α100.0%

²⁰⁶PbLeadSTABLE

15-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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