Published July 1995 | Version v1
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Determination of the half-life of the spontaneous fission of 240Pu

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Two metallic 240Pu sources were certified as reference standards of spontaneous-fission activity and neutron flux. The certification results were used to determine the ratio Tα/Tsf of the alpha-decay and spontaneous-fission half-lives of 240Pu. The ratio was found to be (5.68 ± 0.11)·10-8, which corresponds to Tsf = (1.16 ± 0.02)·1011 yr for an assumed value Tα = 6563 ± 7 yr

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Journal Title
Measurement Techniques
Journal Volume
38
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 229-230.
ISSN
0543-1972
CODEN
MSTCAL

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
27024084
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
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Translation
Descriptors DEI
ALPHA DECAY; HALF-LIFE; PLUTONIUM 240; SPONTANEOUS FISSION
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DECAY; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FISSION; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR DECAY; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Cover-to-cover Translation of Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika (USSR); Translated from Izmeritel'naya Tekhnika; No. 2, 57-58(Feb 1995).