The half-life of protactinium-231

1968; Pergamon Press; Volume: 30; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0022-1902(68)80057-0

ISSN

1878-1225

Autores

David Brown, S.N. Dixon, K.M. Glover, Fon Rogers,

Tópico(s)

Radical Photochemical Reactions

Resumo

The half-life of protactinium-231 has been determined by a combination of total α-assay and α-pulse analysis using solutions prepared by dissolution of various protactinium penta- and tetrahalides in concentrated nitric acid. The specific activity of protactinium-231 is found to be 1·062 ± 0·0076 α dmin−1mg−1, equivalent to a half-life of 32,340 ± 230 years.

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