Light mass elements total half-lives for selected long-lived nuclides
In the past, many compilations and evaluations of half-lives have been made which have uncritically accepted authors' values and uncertainties. They have merely recommended weight-averaged reported results. This evaluation attempts to reanalyze each experiment in the literature including an estimate of the standard deviation utilizing, where possible, an estimate of the systematic error. This paper constitutes a preliminary step in the process of recommending values. The long-lived nuclides of light elements are of interest for their use in dating methods and for calculating cosmic-ray exposure ages of meteorites. Experimental data on the half-lives of selected nuclides have been evaluated and recommended values and uncertainties are presented for the following nuclides: /sup 3/H, /sup 10/Be, /sup 14/C, /sup 26/Al, /sup 39/Ar, /sup 40/K, /sup 50/V, /sup 53/Mn, /sup 76/Ge, /sup 87/Rb, /sup 92/Nb, /sup 107/Pd, /sup 113/Cd, /sup 115/In and /sup 123/Te. The impact of the recommended /sup 14/C half-life of 5715 years on the carbon dating technique, which uses the Libby value of 5568 years, will be discussed. Also the possible primordial occurrence of /sup 92/Nb is now definitely ruled out by the recommended half-life of 3.7 x 10/sup 7/. Finally, based on the recommended /sup 26/Al half-life value, the /sup 21/Ne production rate for calculating cosmic-ray exposure ages remains too high, compared to rates using the /sup 53/Mn and /sup 10/Be half-life values. 15 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 5400477
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-NCS-36553; CONF-8506130-4; ON: DE85014217
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International Committee for Radionuclide Metrology meeting, Grenoble, France, 3 Jun 1985
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALUMINIUM 26
HALF-LIFE
ARGON 39
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CADMIUM 113
CARBON 14
GERMANIUM 76
INDIUM 115
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NIOBIUM 92
PALLADIUM 107
POTASSIUM 40
RUBIDIUM 87
TELLURIUM 123
TRITIUM
VANADIUM 50
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