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Rn-220 — Radon-220

The half-life of Rn-220 is 55.6 s. Main decay mode: α decay to Po-216 (100%).

Identification

Element
Radon (Rn)
Atomic number Z
86
Mass number A
220
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
55.6 s
Specific activity
3.413e+19 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
D-value (НП-067-24)
—

Decay modes

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
549.730.114

Lines of the nuclide itself (ENDF/B-VIII.0).

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
α6,288.199.89
5,7470.114
6,778.3 (Po-216)100.3

Includes daughter nuclides in equilibrium: Po-216 (yield per decay of Rn-220); the emitting nuclide is in brackets. Equilibrium is reached in about 1 s.

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Other isotopes of this element

Rn-222
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.

Radon-220 (Rn-220) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Rn-220 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 Rn-220 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.