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Gamma ray emission intensities of226Ra in equilibrium with its daughter products

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A226 Ra source of known disintegration rate has been measured to determine the absolute γ-ray emission intensities of members of its decay chain in radioactive equilibrium. The results are compared with other values from the literature.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 11973, Upton, NY, USA

    W. -J. Lin & G. Harbottle

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Lin, W.J., Harbottle, G. Gamma ray emission intensities of226Ra in equilibrium with its daughter products. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 153, 137–149 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02164874

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