Nuclide reference

Co-60 — Cobalt-60

Co-60 की half-life 5.2711 years है। मुख्य decay mode: β⁻ decay → Ni-60 (100%)।

Identification

तत्व
Cobalt (Co)
Atomic number Z
27
Mass number A
60
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
5.2711 years
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
4.182e+13 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ (H*(10))
0.353 µSv·m²/(MBq·h)
Dose rate, 1 GBq at 1 m
≈ 353 µSv/h
परिवहन के लिए A1 / A2 (SSR-6)
0.4 TBq / 0.4 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.03 TBq

Decay modes

  • β⁻ decay → Ni-60 — 100 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
1,332.4999.98
1,173.2399.85
826.10.0076
347.140.0075
2,158.570.0012

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

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁻, E max318.1599.88
1,491.40.12

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।Dose rate example: point source, no shielding or scatter, Ḣ = Γ·A/r².

Cobalt-60 (Co-60) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Co-60 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 Co-60 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.