From sources of cesium of high specific activity produced in the pile and studied in photographic magnetic spectrometers, nineteen electron conversion lines are observed. These are interpreted to show the existence of eleven gamma-rays, four of which have not been previously reported. Certain K/L ratios are measured and the resolution of the components of the beta-radiation presented. A plausible decay scheme consisting of seven levels in the resultant barium 134 nucleus is offered.By irradiating osmium sources for various periods in the pile and obtaining successive exposures in magnetic spectrometers, it is possible to determine the energy and half-life of each electron conversion-line. Osmium 185 decays by K capture with a half-life of 96 days. Four gamma-rays are associated with this activity. Osmium 191 decays by a 14-hour isomeric transition followed by beta-emission With 15-day half-life. Two gamma-transitions in sequence follow the beta-decay. Osmium 193 is a beta-emitter with a 31-hour half-life. Some eighteen electron conversion lines are observed which indicate the presence of nine gamma-rays, only three of which had been previously observed.
Using tungsten enriched in mass 180, neutron capture produces a strong activity in W 181 with a half-life of about 140 days. Using scintillation crystal and photographic magnetic spectrometers, two gamma rays of energy 136.5 and 152.5 kev are found to occur. Neither of these had been previously observed and conversely none of the previously reported gamma energies are found to exist. The main decay of W 181 takes place by K capture directly to the ground state of Ta 181 . Coincidence measurements are made with some evidence that the gamma rays are in sequence.
Using enriched barium 130, activated in the pile, a spectrometric study has been made of the radiation from the resultant barium 131. Decaying by K capture with a half-life of 11.8 days, thirteen gamma-rays are found to be associated with the disintegration, eight of which have not been previously reported. From the relative intensities of the electron lines and the photoelectron peaks, the multipolarities of six of the transitions are given. A consistent nuclear level scheme of seven terms accounts completely for the observed gamma-transitions.
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