Bergeron, D.
, Collins, S.
, Pibida, L.
, Cessna, J.
, Fitzgerald, R.
, Zimmerman, B.
, Ivanov, P.
, Keightley, J.
and Napoli, E.
(2020),
Ra-224 activity, half-life, and 241 keV gamma ray absolute emission intensity: a NIST-NPL bilateral comparison, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2020.109572
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Ra-224 activity, half-life, and 241 keV gamma ray absolute emission intensity: a NIST-NPL bilateral comparison
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, Sean Collins, , , , , Peter Ivanov, John Keightley, Elisa Napoli
Abstract
The national metrology institutes for the United Kingdom and the United States have compared activity standards for 224Ra, an -particle emitter of interest as the basis for therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals. Solutions of 224RaCl2 were assayed by absolute methods, including digital coincidence counting and triple-to-double coincidence ratio liquid scintillation counting. Ionization chamber and high-purity germanium (HPGe) -ray spectrometry calibrations were compared; further, a solution was shipped between laboratories for a direct comparison by HPGe spectrometry. New determinations of the absolute emission intensity for the 241 keV ray and of the 224Ra half-life are presented and discussed in the context of previous measurements and evaluations.Citation
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
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170
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Decay constant, emission probability, coincidence counting, TDCR, ionization chamber, gamma-ray spectrometry, activity standard, comparison, alpha therapy
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Created December 31, 2020, Updated March 1, 2021