Input interpretation
Am-242 | half-life
Result
16.019 hours (15.997 to 16.043 h)
Decay properties
half-life | 16.019 hours (15.998 to 16.042 h) mean lifetime | 23.1 hours (23.081 to 23.142 h) decay constant | 1.2×10^-5 per second specific activity | 29900 TBq/g (terabecquerels per gram) width | 7.911×10^-21 eV (electronvolts) decay modes | β^- (electron emission) | ϵ (electron capture) final decay products | Pb-206 (100%) | Tl-205 (1.9×10^-6%) | Pb-208 (2.6×10^-9%) | W-184 (9×10^-12%) | Yb-168 (2×10^-15%) | Er-164 (2×10^-15%) | Dy-160 (6×10^-17%) | Dy-156 (4×10^-19%) | Sm-144 (4×10^-20%) | Ce-140 (4×10^-21%) | Dy-164 (0%) | Er-168 (0%) | Gd-156 (0%) | Hf-176 (0%) | Hf-180 (0%) | Sm-152 (0%) | Yb-172 (0%)
Critical properties
critical mass | 11.5 kg (kilograms) critical diameter | 12 cm (centimeters) (for a uniform sphere)
Unit conversions
16 hours 1 minute 10 seconds
57670 seconds
961.17 minutes
0.66748 days