Nuclide reference

Bi-212 — Bismuth-212

Bi-212 की half-life 1.0092 h है। मुख्य decay mode: β⁻ decay → Po-212 (64.06%)।

Identification

तत्व
Bismuth (Bi)
Atomic number Z
83
Mass number A
212
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
1.0092 h
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
5.42e+17 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
परिवहन के लिए A1 / A2 (SSR-6)
0.7 TBq / 0.6 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.05 TBq

Decay modes

  • β⁻ decay → Po-212 — 64.06 %
  • α decay → Tl-208 — 35.94 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
2,614.51 (Tl-208)37.76
583.187 (Tl-208)32.17
510.77 (Tl-208)8.554
727.336.669
860.557 (Tl-208)4.731
10.256 · X-ray line3.742
12.229 · X-ray line2.874
277.371 (Tl-208)2.498
1,620.51.467
785.371.102

Includes daughter nuclides in equilibrium: Po-212, Tl-208 (yield per decay of Bi-212); the emitting nuclide is in brackets. Equilibrium is reached in about 23 min.

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
α6,050.825.13
6,089.99.747
5,7680.611
8,784.9 (Po-212)64.06
β⁻, E max2,252.155.37
1,801.3 (Tl-208)18.58
1,290.6 (Tl-208)9.159
1,523.9 (Tl-208)8.402

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 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।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.

Bismuth-212 (Bi-212) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Bi-212 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 Bi-212 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.