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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

255Cf     Half-life Fermion, 98p 157n 1.416666666667 h Spin 7/2 Parity 1 Hide Decay Modes Probability Mode Decay Energy Daughter 100% β- 720keV 255Es 0.001% SF N/A Variable 2×10-7% α 5.736MeV 251Cm Show Ultimate Decay Products Atomic Weight 255.091046 Abundance None Mass Excess 84.809MeV Binding Energy 7.438MeV Magnetic Moment N/A Quadrupole Moment N/A   Show Element Pictures. Also show decay chains leading to this isotope. Show only decays with probability >0.1%. Show Decay Image Smaller.

Click any isotope in diagram to see its data. Decay chain image generated by Mathematica's GraphPlot and IsotopeData functions from Wolfram Research, Inc..