Published December 2009 | Version v1
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Half-life of 151Sm remeasured

  • 1. Department of Nuclear Physics, China Institute of Atomic Energy, Post Office Box 275-50, Beijing 102413 (China)

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The half-life of 151Sm was redetermined and compared with literature values. A 151Sm2O3 sample was produced by exposing 150Sm2O3 to the high neutron flux of the heavy water research reactor at the China Institute of Atomic Energy (CIAE). The number of atoms and the activity of 151Sm in the sample were measured by thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS) and liquid scintillation counting (LSC), respectively. The half-life of 151Sm determined in this work is 96.6 yr, with a standard uncertainty of 2.4 yr based on a quadratic summation of the uncertainty components from the measurements of the number of atoms and the activity of 151Sm.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. C, Nuclear Physics
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 064305-064305.4
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCAN

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(c) 2009 The American Physical Society