Published December 2, 1991 | Version v1
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Double-beta decay of 238U

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA)
  • 2. Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, New Mexico (USA)
  • 3. Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)
  • 4. Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois (USA)

Description

The half-life for the decay of 238U to 238Pu has been measured to be (2.0±0.6)x1021 yr by chemically isolating and measuring from the resultant alpha particles the amount of plutonium that had accumulated in 35 yr from 8.4 Kg of purified uranyl nitrate. Other sources of 238Pu have been studied and found negligible

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
67
Journal Issue
23
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
3211-3214
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
23020420
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
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Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
ALPHA DETECTION; DOUBLE BETA DECAY; ENERGY SPECTRA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HALF-LIFE; MEV RANGE 01-10; PLUTONIUM 238; PROTON REACTIONS; PURIFICATION; URANIUM 238; URANIUM 238 TARGET; URANYL NITRATES
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BARYON REACTIONS; BETA DECAY; BETA-MINUS DECAY; CHARGED PARTICLE DETECTION; DATA; DECAY; DETECTION; ENERGY RANGE; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HADRON REACTIONS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; INFORMATION; ISOTOPES; MEV RANGE; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; NUCLEON REACTIONS; NUMERICAL DATA; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; SILICON 32 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTRA; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTO; TARGETS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; URANYL COMPOUNDS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES