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U-237 — Uranium-237

The half-life of U-237 is 6.75 d. Main decay mode: β⁻ decay to Np-237 (100%).

Identification

Element
Uranium (U)
Atomic number Z
92
Mass number A
237
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
6.75 d
Specific activity
3.02e+15 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
D-value (НП-067-24)
—

Decay modes

  • β⁻ decay → Np-237 — 100 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
59.540934.5
101.057 · X-ray line23.74
13.9392 · X-ray line22.42
208.00521.2
26.34462.43
164.611.86
64.831.282
332.351.2
267.540.712
51.010.34

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

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁻, E max237.2351
251.0442
186.223.4
459.063

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

Related calculators

DecayActivity ↔ massDose rate

Other isotopes of this element

U-235U-238
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.

Uranium-237 (U-237) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide U-237 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 U-237 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.