Nuclide reference

Sr-82 — Strontium-82

The half-life of Sr-82 is 25.35 d. Main decay mode: electron capture to Rb-82 (100%).

Identification

Element
Strontium (Sr)
Atomic number Z
38
Mass number A
82
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
25.35 d
Specific activity
2.324e+15 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
A1 / A2 for transport (SSR-6, НП-053-16)
0.2 TBq / 0.2 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.06 TBq

Decay modes

  • electron capture → Rb-82 — 100 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
510.999 (Rb-82) · annihilation 511 keV190.9
13.395 · X-ray line32.79
13.336 · X-ray line17.05
776.52 (Rb-82)15.08
1,395.14 (Rb-82)0.5293
698.37 (Rb-82)0.1493
1,474.88 (Rb-82)0.08898
696.86 (Rb-82)0.07691
711.2 (Rb-82)0.05731
1,703.19 (Rb-82)0.05052

Includes daughter nuclides in equilibrium: Rb-82 (yield per decay of Sr-82); the emitting nuclide is in brackets. Equilibrium is reached in about 8.8 min.

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁺, E max3,380 (Rb-82)81.76
2,603.5 (Rb-82)13.13
1,208.3 (Rb-82)0.32
1,905.1 (Rb-82)0.121

For β⁺ the endpoint (maximum) energy of the spectrum is given. ENDF/B-VIII.0.

Related calculators

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.K-series X-ray energies are from NIST SRD 128 (Deslattes et al., 2003): in ENDF/B-VIII.0 they are given to 1 % and shifted by up to 0.7 keV for heavy elements. L-series lines and all yields are ENDF/B-VIII.0.

Strontium-82 (Sr-82) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Sr-82 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 Sr-82 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.