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Curium (96Cm) is an artificial element with an atomic number of 96. Because it is an artificial element, a standard atomic weight cannot be given, and it has no stable isotopes. The first isotope synthesized was 242Cm in 1944, which has 146 neutrons.
There are 19 known radioisotopes ranging from 233Cm to 251Cm. There are also ten known nuclear isomers. The longest-lived isotope is 247Cm, with half-life 15.6 million years – orders of magnitude longer than that of any known isotope beyond curium, and long enough to study as a possible extinct radionuclide that would be produced by the r-process.[2][3] The longest-lived isomer is 246mCm with a half-life of 1.12 seconds.
List of isotopes
Nuclide [n 1] |
Z | N | Isotopic mass (Da) [n 2][n 3] |
Half-life [n 4] |
Decay mode [n 5] |
Daughter isotope |
Spin and parity [n 6][n 4] | ||||||||||||
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Excitation energy[n 4] | |||||||||||||||||||
233Cm | 96 | 137 | 233.05077(8) | 23+13 −6 s |
β+ (80%) | 233Am | 3/2+# | ||||||||||||
α (20%) | 229Pu | ||||||||||||||||||
234Cm | 96 | 138 | 234.05016(2) | 52(9) s | β+ (71%) | 234Am | 0+ | ||||||||||||
α (27%) | 230Pu | ||||||||||||||||||
SF (2%) | (various) | ||||||||||||||||||
235Cm[4] | 96 | 139 | 235.05143(22)# | 300+250 −100 s |
β+ (99.0%) | 235Am | (5/2+) | ||||||||||||
α (1.0%) | 231Pu | ||||||||||||||||||
236Cm | 96 | 140 | 236.05141(22)# | 6.8(8) min | β+ (82%) | 236Am | 0+ | ||||||||||||
α (18%) | 232Pu | ||||||||||||||||||
SF (<0.1%)[5] | (various) | ||||||||||||||||||
237Cm[6][4] | 96 | 141 | 237.05290(22)# | >660 s | β+ | 237Am | (5/2+) | ||||||||||||
α (<1%) | 233Pu | ||||||||||||||||||
238Cm[6] | 96 | 142 | 238.05303(4) | 2.2(4) h | EC (~94%) | 238Am | 0+ | ||||||||||||
α (~6%) | 234Pu | ||||||||||||||||||
239Cm[1] | 96 | 143 | 239.05496(11)# | 2.5(4) h | β+ | 239Am | (7/2−) | ||||||||||||
α (6.2x10−3%) | 235Pu | ||||||||||||||||||
240Cm | 96 | 144 | 240.0555295(25) | 27(1) d | α (99.5%) | 236Pu | 0+ | ||||||||||||
EC (.5%) | 240Am | ||||||||||||||||||
SF (3.9×10−6%) | (various) | ||||||||||||||||||
241Cm | 96 | 145 | 241.0576530(23) | 32.8(2) d | EC (99%) | 241Am | 1/2+ | ||||||||||||
α (1%) | 237Pu | ||||||||||||||||||
242Cm[n 7] | 96 | 146 | 242.0588358(20) | 162.8(2) d | α[n 8] | 238Pu | 0+ | ||||||||||||
SF (6.33×10−6%) | (various) | ||||||||||||||||||
CD (10−14%)[n 9] | 208Pb 34Si | ||||||||||||||||||
242mCm | 2800(100) keV | 180(70) ns | |||||||||||||||||
243Cm | 96 | 147 | 243.0613891(22) | 29.1(1) y | α (99.71%) | 239Pu | 5/2+ | ||||||||||||
EC (.29%) | 243Am | ||||||||||||||||||
SF (5.3×10−9%) | (various) | ||||||||||||||||||
243mCm | 87.4(1) keV | 1.08(3) μs | IT | 243Cm | 1/2+ | ||||||||||||||
244Cm[n 7] | 96 | 148 | 244.0627526(20) | 18.10(2) y | α | 240Pu | 0+ | ||||||||||||
SF (1.34×10−4%) | (various) | ||||||||||||||||||
244m1Cm | 1040.188(12) keV | 34(2) ms | IT | 244Cm | 6+ | ||||||||||||||
244m2Cm | 1100(900)# keV | >500 ns | SF | (various) | |||||||||||||||
245Cm | 96 | 149 | 245.0654912(22) | 8.5(1)×103 y | α | 241Pu | 7/2+ | ||||||||||||
SF (6.1×10−7%) | (various) | ||||||||||||||||||
245mCm | 355.92(10) keV | 290(20) ns | IT | 245Cm | 1/2+ | ||||||||||||||
246Cm | 96 | 150 | 246.0672237(22) | 4.76(4)×103 y | α (99.97%) | 242Pu | 0+ | ||||||||||||
SF (.0261%) | (various) | ||||||||||||||||||
246mCm | 1179.66(13) keV | 1.12(0.24) s | IT | 246Cm | 8− | ||||||||||||||
247Cm | 96 | 151 | 247.070354(5) | 1.56(5)×107 y | α | 243Pu | 9/2− | ||||||||||||
247m1Cm | 227.38(19) keV | 26.3(0.3) μs | IT | 247Cm | 5/2+ | ||||||||||||||
247m2Cm | 404.90(3) keV | 100.6(0.6) ns | IT | 247Cm | 1/2+ | ||||||||||||||
248Cm | 96 | 152 | 248.072349(5) | 3.48(6)×105 y | α (91.74%) | 244Pu | 0+ | ||||||||||||
SF (8.26%) | (various) | ||||||||||||||||||
248mCm | 1458.1(1) keV | 146(18) μs | IT | 248Cm | (8−) | ||||||||||||||
249Cm | 96 | 153 | 249.075953(5) | 64.15(3) min | β− | 249Bk | 1/2(+) | ||||||||||||
249mCm | 48.758(17) keV | 23 μs | α | 245Pu | (7/2+) | ||||||||||||||
250Cm | 96 | 154 | 250.078357(12) | 8300# y | SF (74%)[n 10] | (various) | 0+ | ||||||||||||
α (18%) | 246Pu | ||||||||||||||||||
β− (8%) | 250Bk | ||||||||||||||||||
251Cm | 96 | 155 | 251.082285(24) | 16.8(2) min | β− | 251Bk | (1/2+) | ||||||||||||
This table header & footer: |
- ^ mCm – Excited nuclear isomer.
- ^ ( ) – Uncertainty (1σ) is given in concise form in parentheses after the corresponding last digits.
- ^ # – Atomic mass marked #: value and uncertainty derived not from purely experimental data, but at least partly from trends from the Mass Surface (TMS).
- ^ a b c # – Values marked # are not purely derived from experimental data, but at least partly from trends of neighboring nuclides (TNN).
- ^
Modes of decay:
CD: Cluster decay EC: Electron capture SF: Spontaneous fission - ^ ( ) spin value – Indicates spin with weak assignment arguments.
- ^ a b Most common isotopes
- ^ Theoretically capable of β+β+ decay to 242Pu[1]
- ^ Heaviest known nuclide to undergo cluster decay
- ^ The nuclide with the lowest atomic number known to undergo spontaneous fission as the main decay mode