Published July 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Evaluation of 234Th nuclear decay data

  • 1. Horia Hulubei National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), 407 Atomistilor Street, P.O. Box MG-6, Bucharest-Magurele 077125 (Romania)

Description

234Th is a naturally occurring radionuclide being the daughter of 238U. This paper presents the results obtained in a new evaluation of the nuclear data characterizing the 234Th radioactive decay. The following decay characteristics have been evaluated: half-life, energies and probabilities of beta and gamma-ray transitions, internal conversion coefficients, energies and emission probabilities of gamma-rays, X-rays, conversion and Auger electrons. Some evaluation difficulties encountered have been pointed out. A new recommended absolute emission probability of 3.75 (8)% has been proposed for the main 63.3-keV gamma-ray in the 234Th decay. Some practical considerations of the 234Th activity determination by gamma-ray spectrometry are also presented.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.034

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.034;
PII
S0969-8043(09)00723-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
68
Journal Issue
7-8
Journal Page Range
p. 1591-1594
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

Conference

Title
17. international conference on radionuclide metrology and its applications
Acronym
ICRM 2009
Dates
7-11 Sep 2009
Place
Bratislava (Slovakia)

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