Curium-246 (Cm-246)

Identity

Protons

96

Neutrons

150

Mass number

246

Mass

246.1 ± 1.6 u

Mass excess

62.617 MeV

Spin

0+

Stability

Half-life: 4706 years

Natural occurrence

Not found in nature

Decays to

• alpha 100.0 % → Pu-242
• spontaneous fission 0.026 %

Produced by

• Bk-246
• Cf-250