Periodic Table/Rutherfordium/²⁵⁹Rf

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²⁵⁹Rf

Rutherfordium-259

Radioactive· Half-life: 2.63 s

Nuclear Propertiesbinding energy · spin-parity · abundance

Protons (Z)

104

Neutrons (N)

155

Mass Number (A)

259

Atomic Mass

259.105601AMU

Spin / Parity

3/2+

Binding E/A

7.172keV

Natural Abundance

Trace / None

Half-life

2.63 s

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

α

85.0%

β⁺

15.0%

SF

3.0%

Decay Chain

²⁵⁹RfRutherfordium2.63 s

α85.0%

β⁺²⁵⁹Lr15.0%

²⁵⁵NoNobelium3.52 min

β⁺70.0%

α²⁵¹Fm30.0%

²⁵⁵MdMendelevium27.0 min

β⁺93.0%

α²⁵¹Es7.00%

²⁵⁵FmFermium20.1 h

α100.0%

²⁵¹CfCalifornium898 y

α100.0%

²⁴⁷CmCurium15.6 My

α100.0%

²⁴³PuPlutonium4.96 h

β⁻100.0%

²⁴³AmAmericium7.35 ky

α100.0%

²³⁹NpNeptunium2.36 d

β⁻100.0%

α²³⁵Pa

²³⁹PuPlutonium24.1 ky

α100.0%

²³⁵UUranium704 My

α100.0%

20Ne²¹⁵Pb8.00%

25Ne²¹⁰Pb8.00%

28Mg²⁰⁷Hg8.00%

²³¹ThThorium1.06 d

β⁻100.0%

²³¹PaProtactinium32.6 ky

α100.0%

24Ne²⁰⁷Tl13.4%

23F²⁰⁸Pb9.90%

²²⁷AcActinium21.8 y

β⁻98.6%

α²²³Fr1.38%

²²⁷ThThorium18.7 d

α100.0%

²²³RaRadium11.4 d

α100.0%

¹⁴C²⁰⁹Pb8.90%

²¹⁹RnRadon3.96 s

α100.0%

²¹⁵PoPolonium1.78 ms

α100.0%

β⁻²¹⁵At2.30%

²¹¹PbLead36.2 min

β⁻100.0%

²¹¹BiBismuth2.14 min

α100.0%

β⁻²¹¹Po0.28%

²⁰⁷TlThallium4.77 min

β⁻100.0%

²⁰⁷PbLeadSTABLE

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

Other Isotopes of Rutherfordium

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