Open AccessNuclear Thermodynamics of the Heaviest Elements. II
Author(s) -
J. C. Foreman,
Glenn T. Seaborg
Publication year - 1957
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/915455
Subject(s) - nuclide , isotope , alpha decay , nuclear physics , radioactive decay , spontaneous fission , cluster decay , physics , fission , mass number , beta decay , neutron , radiochemistry , chemistry
The masses of the isotopes of the heaviest elements have been calculated from known decay data in the region, extended by means of decay energies calculated from closed decay-energy cycles and estimated from the systematics of alpha and beta decay energies. The absolute values of the masses are based on the mass-spectrometrically determined mass of Pb{sup 208} and a few measured neutron binding energies. The half-life systematics of alpha decay and spontaneous fission are also presented, and some predictions of the properties of as yet undiscovered nuclides are made