Bergeron, D.
and Fitzgerald, R.
(2015),
Two determinations of the 223Ra half-life, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.05.003
(Accessed October 9, 2025)
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Two determinations of the 223Ra half-life
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Ra-223 is an alpha-emitter that is being used as a bone-seeking radiotherapeutic agent. The relatively large uncertainty on its half-life (0.26 %, Bé et al., 2011) is an impediment to precision activity assays. We have performed two series of measurements using an ionization chamber (IC) and a NaI(Tl) well counter (γ-wc) to determine new, precise values for the 223Ra half-life. We have endeavored to realistically assess the uncertainties on the derived half-lives, looking beyond the fit uncertainties to identify uncertainty components acting on multiple timescales. We recovered respective values of 11.447(6) d and 11.445(13) d from the IC and γ-wc measurements.Citation
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
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102
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Ra-223, half-life, decay constant, ionization chamber, gamma well counter
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