Nuclide reference

Pu-237 — Plutonium-237

Pu-237 की half-life 45.64 d है। मुख्य decay mode: electron capture → Np-237 (100%)।

Identification

तत्व
Plutonium (Pu)
Atomic number Z
94
Mass number A
237
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
45.64 d
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
4.467e+14 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
परिवहन के लिए A1 / A2 (SSR-6)
20 TBq / 20 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
2 TBq

Decay modes

  • electron capture → Np-237 — 100 %
  • α decay → U-233 — 0.0042 %

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
101.057 · X-ray line20.83
13.9389 · X-ray line20.26
59.54093.28
26.34460.2214
33.1960.07445
43.420.003936
42.7040.002952
102.980.00105
280.40.0009156
298.890.0006611

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

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.

Plutonium-237 (Pu-237) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Pu-237 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 Pu-237 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.