Nuclide reference

Am-241 — Americium-241

Am-241 की half-life 432.6 years है। मुख्य decay mode: α decay → Np-237 (100%)।

Identification

तत्व
Americium (Am)
Atomic number Z
95
Mass number A
241
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
432.6 years
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
1.269e+11 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ (H*(10))
0.0069 µSv·m²/(MBq·h)
Dose rate, 1 GBq at 1 m
≈ 6.9 µSv/h
परिवहन के लिए A1 / A2 (SSR-6)
10 TBq / 0.001 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.06 TBq

Decay modes

  • α decay → Np-237 — 100 %
  • spontaneous fission — 4.3e-10 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
59.540935.9
13.9388 · X-ray line10.73
17.5393 · X-ray line10.54
26.34462.27
33.1960.126
43.420.073
98.970.0203
102.980.0195
55.560.0181
42.7040.0055

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

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
α5,485.684.8
5,442.813.1
5,3881.66
5,544.50.37

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 1 m पर H*(10) है, ICRP-107 spectra (NIST µ_en/ρ, ICRP-74 Table A.21) से गणना की गई, equilibrium में short-lived progeny सहित (जैसे Cs-137/Ba-137m, Ra-226 series); specific activity molar mass M ≈ mass number A का उपयोग करती है।Dose rate example: point source, no shielding or scatter, Ḣ = Γ·A/r².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.

Americium-241 (Am-241) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Am-241 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 Am-241 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.