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Energies of Natural Alpha Radiators

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Nuclidic Masses

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More than 60% of the Q-value measurements of charged primary particle reactions used in nuclidic mass adjustments have been calibrated with natural α-particle energy standards, predominantly 210Po; in some other cases, 212Po and 212Bi have been used. 214Po has been used in a few relative measurements of reaction energy standards. Additional application of absolute α-energies is found in α-spectroscopy, where even less abundant α-groups are useful, in order to cover the full range between 4 and 10 MeV.

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    A. Rytz

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  1. School of Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Walter H. Johnson Jr.

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Rytz, A. (1964). Energies of Natural Alpha Radiators. In: Johnson, W.H. (eds) Nuclidic Masses. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-5556-1_21

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