Measurements of the half-life of 246Cm and the α-decay emission probabilities of 246Cm and 250Cf

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 335-340

  Kondev, F G ^a   Ahmad, I ^a   Greene, J P ^a   Kellett, M A ^b   Nichols, A L ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

decay emission probabilities; 246Cm; 250Cf; Alpha radioactivity; Half life

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIUM; CURIUM; GROUND STATE; ISOTOPES; PLUTONIUM;

ALPHA RADIOACTIVITY; DECAY EMISSION;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

CALIFORNIUM 250; CURIUM 246; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACCURACY; ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGRADATION; HALF LIFE TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 33845638813     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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