Nuclide reference

Ra-226 — Radium-226

Ra-226 की half-life 1,600 years है। मुख्य decay mode: α decay → Rn-222 (100%)।

Identification

तत्व
Radium (Ra)
Atomic number Z
88
Mass number A
226
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
1,600 years
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
3.658e+10 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ (H*(10))
0.2525 µSv·m²/(MBq·h)
Dose rate, 1 GBq at 1 m
≈ 252 µSv/h
परिवहन के लिए A1 / A2 (SSR-6)
0.2 TBq / 0.003 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.04 TBq

Decay modes

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
609.32 (Bi-214)45.49
351.932 (Pb-214)35.59
295.223 (Pb-214)18.42
1,764.49 (Bi-214)15.3
1,120.29 (Bi-214)14.92
77.109 (Pb-214) · X-ray line9.902
241.995 (Pb-214)7.25
74.817 (Pb-214) · X-ray line5.916
1,238.12 (Bi-214)5.834
186.2113.59

Includes daughter nuclides in equilibrium: Rn-222, Po-218, Pb-214, Bi-214, Po-214 (yield per decay of Ra-226); the emitting nuclide is in brackets. Equilibrium is reached in about 27 d. Equilibrium with radon requires a sealed source.

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
α4,784.394.45
5,489.5 (Rn-222)99.92
6,002.3 (Po-218)99.98
7,686.8 (Po-214)99.97
β⁻, E max667.07 (Pb-214)45.89
723.78 (Pb-214)40.19
3,270 (Bi-214)19.1
1,540.4 (Bi-214)17.57

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.

Radium-226 (Ra-226) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Ra-226 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 Ra-226 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.