Nuclide reference

K-43 — Potassium-43

K-43 की half-life 22.3 h है। मुख्य decay mode: β⁻ decay → Ca-43 (100%)।

Identification

तत्व
Potassium (K)
Atomic number Z
19
Mass number A
43
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
22.3 h
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
1.209e+17 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
परिवहन के लिए A1 / A2 (SSR-6)
0.7 TBq / 0.6 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.07 TBq

Decay modes

  • β⁻ decay → Ca-43 — 100 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
372.7686.8
617.4979.16
396.86111.85
593.3911.26
220.6324.8
1,021.71.962
404.2140.3646
990.2450.2864
801.070.1476
1,394.450.1311

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

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁻, E max843.2490.9
1,240.14.06
439.032.6
1,833.51.54

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।

Potassium-43 (K-43) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide K-43 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 K-43 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.