Nuclide reference

Th-228 — Thorium-228

Th-228 की half-life 1.912 years है। मुख्य decay mode: α decay → Ra-224 (100%)।

Identification

तत्व
Thorium (Th)
Atomic number Z
90
Mass number A
228
State
Radioactive

Key quantities

Half-life
1.912 years
विशिष्ट गतिविधि
3.034e+13 Bq/g
Gamma constant Γ
—
परिवहन के लिए A1 / A2 (SSR-6)
0.5 TBq / 0.001 TBq
D-value (НП-067-24)
0.04 TBq

Decay modes

Main gamma lines

Energy, keVYield, %
238.632 (Pb-212)43.86
2,614.51 (Tl-208)36.07
583.187 (Tl-208)30.73
77.109 (Pb-212) · X-ray line16.94
74.817 (Pb-212) · X-ray line10.12
510.77 (Tl-208)8.171
727.33 (Bi-212)6.708
860.557 (Tl-208)4.519
240.986 (Ra-224)4.122
84.3731.22

Includes daughter nuclides in equilibrium: Ra-224, Rn-220, Po-216, Pb-212, Bi-212, Tl-208 (yield per decay of Th-228); the emitting nuclide is in brackets. Equilibrium is reached in about 26 d. In transient equilibrium a daughter's activity exceeds the parent's, so a yield can be above 100%. Equilibrium with radon requires a sealed source.

Alpha and beta particles

RadiationEnergy, keVYield, %
α5,423.272.2
5,685.4 (Ra-224)95.42
6,288.1 (Rn-220)100.4
6,778.3 (Po-216)100.5
β⁻, E max331.27 (Pb-212)83.59
569.9 (Pb-212)11.97
2,252.1 (Bi-212)55.7
1,801.3 (Tl-208)17.75

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.

Thorium-228 (Th-228) — reference data

What is in the card

This card gathers the key data of radionuclide Th-228 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 Th-228 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.