95-Am-242



Spin
     Level energy(keV)   Spin & Parity       
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       ground state      1-                    
       4.86300E+01       5-                    
       2.30000E+03                             
Mass (The Ame2012 atomic mass evaluation (II) by M.Wang, G.Audi, A.H.Wapstra, F.G.Kondev, M.MacCormick, X.Xu, and B.Pfeiffer Chinese Physics C36 p. 1603-2014, December 2012)
     242.059549364 ± 0.000001929 (amu)  [mass excess = 55469.876 ± 1.797 (keV) ]
Beta-decay energy (calculated as M(A,Z)-M(A,Z+1), taken from Ame2012)
     664.458 ± 0.402 (keV) 
Strong Gamma-rays from Decay of Am-242 (Compiled from ENSDF as of March 2011)
  [ Intensities before May 23th of 2013 were values when total intensity of the decay mode was 100(%) and a branching ratio of each decay mode was not multiplied. ]
   γ-ray energy(keV)  Intensity(%)  Decay mode 
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         42.13            0.04         B- 
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         49.35            0.13       Alpha
         86.65            0.02       Alpha
        109.59        <   0.02       Alpha
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         44.54            0.01         EC 
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         48.63            --           IT 
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     *: relative, ~ approximate, ? calculated or estimatted 
     >: greater than or equal to, <: less than or equal to  
  [ Intensities; total intensity of the nuclide is 100(%). ]
Decay data(Chart of the Nuclides 2014)
     Decay mode     Half-life 
       A            141 Y 2          
       B-           16.02 H 2        
       EC           16.02 H 2        
Cross Sections (taken from JENDL-4.0)
     Table of cross sections, Am-242, 242M.
     Figures of cross sections, Am-242:  type-1:  type-2:  type-3.
                                Am-242M:  type-1:  type-2:  type-3.
       type-1: total, elastic and inelastic scattering, capture and fision cross sections
       type-2: same as type-1 but cross sections are averaged in 70 energy group intervals
       type-3: threshold reaction cross sections
Evaluated Data Libraries
     Links to the libraries. 

Parent Nuclides by Reactions in JENDL-4.0
     Am-241 (Z= 95, A=241), MT=102 (n,γ)
     Am-242 (Z= 95, A=242), MT=  2 (Elastic scattering)
     Am-242 (Z= 95, A=242), MT=  2 (Elastic scattering)
     Am-242 (Z= 95, A=242), MT=  4 (Inelastic scattering)
     Am-242 (Z= 95, A=242), MT=  4 (Inelastic scattering)
     Am-243 (Z= 95, A=243), MT= 16 (n,2n)
     Am-244 (Z= 95, A=244), MT= 17 (n,3n)
     Am-244 (Z= 95, A=244), MT= 17 (n,3n)