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Isotopes of Californium (click to see decay chain): 237Cf  238Cf  239Cf  240Cf  241Cf  242Cf  243Cf  244Cf  245Cf  246Cf  247Cf  248Cf  249Cf  250Cf  251Cf  252Cf  253Cf  254Cf  255Cf  256Cf

238Cf     Half-life Boson, 98p 140n 21.1 ms Spin 0 Parity 1 Hide Decay Modes Probability Mode Decay Energy Daughter 100% SF N/A Variable 0.2% α 8.055MeV 234Cm Unknown β+ 1.893MeV 238Bk Hide Ultimate Decay Products Yield Nuclide 0.0940756862805% 206Pb 1.6703380008×10-9% 205Tl 4.000662234322×10-12% 208Pb Unknown 172Yb Unknown 152Sm Unknown 180Hf Unknown 176Hf Unknown 156Gd Unknown 168Er Unknown 164Dy Unknown 160Dy Unknown 140Ce Atomic Weight 238.06141 Abundance None Mass Excess 57.203MeV Binding Energy 7.509MeV Magnetic Moment 0 μ Quadrupole Moment N/A   Show Element Pictures. Show only decay products of this isotope. Show Decay Image Full Size.

Decay chain image generated by Mathematica's GraphPlot and IsotopeData functions from Wolfram Research, Inc..