Alpha Half-Life of ${Pu}^{244}$

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1 February 1956

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 101 (3) , 1064-1066
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.101.1064

Abstract

The half-life of

{Pu}^{244}

was found to be (7.6±2)×

10^{7}

years by measuring the activity of its

{Np}^{240}

decay product. The possibility of detecting

{Pu}^{244}

in nature with current techniques and the role of

{Pu}^{244}

and its daughters as an early source of terrestrial heat are discussed.

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