Abstract
CALIFORNIUM-252, a man-made trans-uranic element, having an α-particle half-life of 2.2 yr., undergoes spontaneous fission. Approximately one fission occurs per 38 α-particles, and the material is therefore well suited to an investigation of the possibility of rare modes of spontaneous fission.
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TITTERTON, E., BRINKLEY, T. Rare Modes in the Spontaneous Fission of Californium-252. Nature 187, 228–229 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/187228a0
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