Periodic Table/Curium/²⁴⁴Cm

← 243Cm245Cm →

²⁴⁴Cm

Curium-244

Radioactive· Half-life: 18.1 y

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

96

Neutrons (N)

148

Mass Number (A)

244

Atomic Mass

244.062751AMU

Spin / Parity

0+

Binding E/A

7.323keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

18.1 y

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

α

100.0%

SF

1.4%

Decay Chain

²⁴⁴CmCurium18.1 y

α100.0%

²⁴⁰PuPlutonium6.56 ky

α100.0%

34Si²⁰⁶Hg1.30%

²³⁶UUranium23.4 My

α100.0%

²³²ThThorium14.0 Gy

α100.0%

26Ne²⁰⁶Hg2.78%

2β⁻²³²U

²²⁸RaRadium5.75 y

β⁻100.0%

²²⁸AcActinium6.15 h

β⁻100.0%

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

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

Other Isotopes of Curium

231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252

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