Determination of234Am half-life

Polyukhov, V. G.; Timofeev, G.A.; Privalova, P. A.; Gabeskiriya, V. Ya.; Chetverikov, A. P.

doi:10.1007/bf01666645

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“…In this work, the isotope amount content and activity measurements are used to derive a value for the 243 Am halflife. A comparison is made with previously published measurement results [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] and evaluated values by the Decay Data Evaluation Project (DDEP) and Nuclear Data Sheets (NDS) [13,32]. Figure 1 shows a schematic overview of the techniques used and the observables obtained through a relative and absolute method, as explained futher on in the paper.…”

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Absolute and relative measurement of the 243Am half-life

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et al. 2020

J Radioanal Nucl Chem

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The half-life of 243Am has been measured by an absolute and a relative method, i.e. by determining the specific activity of 243Am and the specific activity ratio with 241Am. A mixed 241,243Am reference material was produced and certified for its americium mass content and its isotope amount ratios. The characterisation of the mass content of 243Am was established by isotope dilution mass spectrometry using an 241Am spike, produced from highly enriched 241Pu material. The isotope amount ratios n(241Am)/n(243Am) and n(242mAm)/n(243Am) were measured by thermal ionisation mass spectrometry. Activity measurements were performed by alpha-particle counting at a defined solid angle, as well as high-resolution alpha-particle spectrometry. From the 243Am/241Am activity and isotopic amount ratios, a value of 16.988 (24) was derived for the 243Am/241Am half-life ratio. Using a value of 432.6 (6) a for the 241Am half-life, the corresponding 243Am half-life value, 7349 (15) a, is in good agreement with the result obtained from the absolute method, 7342 (14) a. The mean value, 7345 (14) a, agrees well with data from literature and lowers the relative standard uncertainty to 0.2%.

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