APPENDIX Β Summary of the Nuclear Properties, Availability, and Applications of Selected Plutonium Isotopes Downloaded by NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIV on June 3, 2016 | http://pubs.acs.org Publication Date: May 19, 1983 | doi: 10.1021/bk-1983-0216.ch029
JOHN L . BURNETT U.S. Department of Energy, Processes and Techniques Branch, Division of Chemical Sciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Washington, DC 20545
According to the 7th Ed. of the Table of Isotopes, (1), the known isotopes of Pu range in mass number from 232 to 246 and i n half-life from 21 minutes for Pu-233 to 8 x 10' years for Pu-244. Certain of these isotopes have found a variety of applications in research and technology and are produced i n varying amounts ranging from tracer levels to metric tons. Research quantities are available to properly authorized recipients from the Oak Ridge Isotope Sales Office. Some information on such isotopes is indicated below. Isotope Pu-236 Pu-237 Pu-238 Pu-239 Pu-240 Pu-241 Pu-242 Pu-244
Half-life 2.85y 45.6d 87.7y 2.41xl0 6.57xl0 14.36y 3.76xl0 8.05xl0
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