Published December 1989 | Version v1
Journal article

Half-life of 56Co

  • 1. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (USA)

Description

The half-life of 56Co has been determined in one series of experiments by simultaneously measuring the decay of the 847-keV γ-ray line relative to the 662-keV line of 137Cs and the decay of the 1238-keV line relative to the 1275-keV line of 22Na in a Ge(Li) γ-ray detector. Data were taken for two half-lives of 56Co. In a second series of runs, covering one 56Co half-life, the decay of the 847-keV line was measured relative to the 898-keV γ ray of 88Y. By combining the results we obtain T1/2=77.30(9) d for the half-life of 56Co

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, C
Journal Volume
40
Journal Issue
6
Series
Phys. Rev., C.
Journal Page Range
2789-2792
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCA