Nuclide reference

Np-240 — Neptunium-240

Np-240 की half-life 1.0317 h है। मुख्य decay mode: β⁻ decay → Pu-240 (100%)।

Identification

तत्व
Neptunium (Np)
Atomic number Z
93
Mass number A
240
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
1.0317 h
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
4.683e+17 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
D-value (НП-067-24)
—

Decay modes

  • β⁻ decay → Pu-240 — 100 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
18.1279 · X-ray line51.32
14.2761 · X-ray line46.31
566.3427.6
973.925.9
600.5720
895.814.8
448.0113.4
867.28.8
152.77.3
987.77.3

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

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁻, E max879.2568.73
1,010.67.83
1,072.57.395
1,150.54.35

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.

Neptunium-240 (Np-240) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Np-240 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 Np-240 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.