Nuclide reference

Pu-246 — Plutonium-246

Pu-246 की half-life 10.84 d है। मुख्य decay mode: β⁻ decay → Am-246m (100%)।

Identification

तत्व
Plutonium (Pu)
Atomic number Z
94
Mass number A
246
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
10.84 d
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
1.812e+15 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
D-value (НП-067-24)
—

Decay modes

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
1,078.86 (Am-246m)27.82
43.8125
798.8 (Am-246m)24.84
223.7523.5
106.47 · X-ray line20.35
14.6137 · X-ray line18.46
1,062.04 (Am-246m)17.16
1,036 (Am-246m)12.72
179.949.7
27.583.525

Includes daughter nuclides in equilibrium: Am-246m (yield per decay of Pu-246); the emitting nuclide is in brackets. Equilibrium is reached in about 2.9 h.

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
β⁻, E max177.2691
1,302.1 (Am-246m)37.36
1,539.3 (Am-246m)16.13
1,276.1 (Am-246m)14.02

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.

Plutonium-246 (Pu-246) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Pu-246 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-246 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.