Nuclide reference

Cf-249 — Californium-249

Cf-249 की half-life 351 years है। मुख्य decay mode: α decay → Cm-245 (100%)।

Identification

तत्व
Californium (Cf)
Atomic number Z
98
Mass number A
249
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
351 years
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
1.513e+11 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
परिवहन के लिए A1 / A2 (SSR-6)
3 TBq / 0.0008 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.1 TBq

Decay modes

  • α decay → Cm-245 — 100 %
  • spontaneous fission — 5.2e-7 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
388.1766
333.3714.98
19.1522 · X-ray line6.9
14.9561 · X-ray line6.772
252.822.587
266.630.7194
92.510.3036
240.890.2158
54.770.1518
295.730.1406

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

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
α5,813.382.2
5,759.54.69
5,9463.33
5,903.23.21

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.

Californium-249 (Cf-249) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Cf-249 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 Cf-249 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.