Re: Half-life of Ra-228

[Evgeny Taskaev <evgeny@mindspring.com>]

Half-life of Ra-228 is 5.75y (2100.2 days).

Ref.: The Lund/LBNL Nucl. Data Search, Feb. 1999


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"Koperski, George" wrote:

> Dear Radsafers
>
> What is the correct value of the half-life for Ra-228 ?
> I have been consistently encountering two values: 5.75 years  and 6.7 years.
> Which one is right ? Thank you
>
> george.koperski@iluka.com
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