Isotopes of berkelium

Isotopes of berkelium (97Bk)
Main isotopes[1] Decay
abun­dance half-life (t1/2) mode pro­duct
245Bk synth 4.94 d ε 245Cm
α 241Am
246Bk synth 1.8 d α 242Am
β+ 246Cm
247Bk synth 1380 y α 243Am
248Bk synth >300 y[2] α 244Am
249Bk synth 330 d β 249Cf
α 245Am
SF

Berkelium (97Bk) is an artificial element, and thus a standard atomic weight cannot be given. Like all artificial elements, it has no stable isotopes. The first isotope to be synthesized was 243Bk in 1949. There are twenty known radioisotopes, from 233Bk and 233Bk to 253Bk (except 235Bk and 237Bk), and six nuclear isomers. The longest-lived isotope is 247Bk with a half-life of 1,380 years.

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