Periodic Table/Californium/²⁴⁴Cf

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²⁴⁴Cf

Californium-244

Radioactive· Half-life: 19.5 min

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

98

Neutrons (N)

146

Mass Number (A)

244

Atomic Mass

244.065999AMU

Spin / Parity

0+

Binding E/A

7.300keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

19.5 min

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

α

75.0%

EC

25.0%

Decay Chain

²⁴⁴CfCalifornium19.5 min

α75.0%

EC²⁴⁴Bk25.0%

²⁴⁰CmCurium30.4 d

α100.0%

EC²⁴⁰Am

²³⁶PuPlutonium2.86 y

α100.0%

28Mg²⁰⁸Pb2.00%

2β⁺²³⁶U

²³²UUranium68.9 y

α100.0%

24Ne²⁰⁸Pb8.90%

28Mg²⁰⁴Hg5.00%

²²⁸ThThorium1.91 y

α100.0%

20O²⁰⁸Pb1.13%

²²⁴RaRadium3.63 d

α100.0%

¹⁴C²¹⁰Pb4.00%

²²⁰RnRadon55.6 s

α100.0%

2β⁻²²⁰Ra

²¹⁶PoPolonium144 ms

α100.0%

2β⁻²¹⁶Rn

²¹²PbLead10.6 h

β⁻100.0%

²¹²BiBismuth1.01 h

β⁻64.1%

α²⁰⁸Tl35.9%

β⁻α²⁰⁸Pb0.01%

²¹²PoPolonium294 ns

α100.0%

²⁰⁸PbLeadSTABLE

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

Other Isotopes of Californium

237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256

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