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Po-210 — Polonium-210

The half-life of Po-210 is 138.38 d. Main decay mode: α decay to Pb-206 (100%).

Identification

Element
Polonium (Po)
Atomic number Z
84
Mass number A
210
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
138.38 d
Specific activity
1.663e+14 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
A1 / A2 for transport (SSR-6, НП-053-16)
40 TBq / 0.02 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.06 TBq

Decay modes

  • α decay → Pb-206 — 100 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
803.060.00103

Lines of the bare nuclide (ENDF/B-VIII.0), without daughter ingrowth.

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
α5,304.3100

Related calculators

DecayActivity ↔ massSource categoryDose rateA1/A2 and package type
Reference data vs computed valuesHalf-life, gamma lines and D-value are reference data (ENDF/B-VIII.0, НП-067-24).Gamma constant Γ is H*(10) at 1 m computed from ICRP-107 spectra (NIST µ_en/ρ, ICRP-74 Table A.21) including short-lived progeny in equilibrium (e.g. Cs-137/Ba-137m, Ra-226 series); specific activity uses molar mass M ≈ mass number A.

Polonium-210 (Po-210) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Po-210 in one place: half-life, decay modes, main gamma lines, alpha and beta particle energies, gamma constant, specific activity and the D-value for source categorization. Decay and emission data are from ENDF/B-VIII.0; the D-value follows NP-067-24; the gamma constant is the ambient dose equivalent H*(10) at 1 m, computed from ICRP-107 spectra.

How to use the data

Half-life and specific activity let you recalculate the activity of a Po-210 source to the delivery or disposal date — use the decay calculator. Gamma lines with yields identify the nuclide from a spectrum and pick the line for gamma spectrometry; the gamma constant Γ gives the dose rate at a distance, while the D-value and A1/A2 set the source category and the package type for transport.