Nuclide reference

Eu-154 — Europium-154

Eu-154 की half-life 8.601 years है। मुख्य decay mode: β⁻ decay → Gd-154 (99.98%)।

Identification

तत्व
Europium (Eu)
Atomic number Z
63
Mass number A
154
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
8.601 years
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
9.986e+12 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ (H*(10))
0.1895 µSv·m²/(MBq·h)
Dose rate, 1 GBq at 1 m
≈ 189 µSv/h
परिवहन के लिए A1 / A2 (SSR-6)
0.9 TBq / 0.6 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.06 TBq

Decay modes

  • β⁻ decay → Gd-154 — 99.98 %
  • electron capture → Sm-154 — 0.018 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
123.07140.41
1,274.4334.83
723.30120.06
1,004.7618.01
42.997 · X-ray line13.24
873.18312.08
996.2910.48
42.31 · X-ray line7.226
247.9296.887
591.7554.95

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

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁻, E max571.2936.3
249.2428.6
84116.8
1,845.710

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.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.

Europium-154 (Eu-154) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Eu-154 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 Eu-154 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.