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Zr-93 — Zirconium-93

The half-life of Zr-93 is 1.53 million years. Main decay mode: β⁻ decay to Nb-93m (97.5%).

Identification

Element
Zirconium (Zr)
Atomic number Z
40
Mass number A
93
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
1.53 million years
Specific activity
92,960,000 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
A1 / A2 for transport (SSR-6, НП-053-16)
unlimited / unlimited
D-value (НП-067-24)
—

Decay modes

  • β⁻ decay → Nb-93m — 97.5 %
  • β⁻ decay → Nb-93 — 2.5 %

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁻, E max60.0397.5
90.82.5

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

Related calculators

DecayActivity ↔ massDose 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.

Zirconium-93 (Zr-93) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Zr-93 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 Zr-93 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.