Reprint of: Half-life determination for short-lived radioisotopes 52V, 66Cu and 28Al

In this work, the half lives of 52V, 66Cu and 28Al were measured using a non-paralyzable dead-time correction to the regular exponential decay. For 28Al, a physical dead-time correction was also employed to allow a verification of the mathematical correction used. The resulting values were 3.734(3) min for 52V and 5.061(6) min for 66Cu; as for 28Al, the results were 2.233(9) min using the non-paralyzable correction and 2.228(5) min using the secondary correction, thus validating the mathematical approach. - Highlights: • The half-lives of 52V, 66Cu and 28Al were measured with high precision. • The dead time influence was assessed by two methods, with compatible results. • The final values were compatible with most results found in the literature. • Results suggest that compilation values for 66Cu and 28Al should be revised