Th232 Decay Series

Characteristic X-Rays

 

            Isotope                                     half-life                         X-Ray energies (KeV)

Th232

1.405 x 1010 years

15.2 (8%)

Ra228

6.7 years

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Ac228

6.13 hours

16.2 (36.2%)

90.0 (1.02%)

93.4 (1.66%)

105.2 (0.575%)

108.3 (0.195%)

Th228

1.91 years

15.2 (9.7%)

Ra224

3.64 days

14.3 (0.398%)

81.1 (0.0126%)

83.8 (0.209%)

Rn220

55 seconds

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Po216

0.15 seconds

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Pb212

10.64 hours

13.0 (15.3%)

74.8 (10.5%)

77.1 (17.6%)

87.1 (6.1%)

89.6 (1.84%)

Bi212

60.6 minutes

12.2 (8.2%)

64.06%                    35.94%

Po212

                               Tl208

 

304 nsec

                        3.1 minutes

 

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                    12.6 (2.96%)

                    72.8 (2.03%)

                    75.0 (3.43%)

                    84.7 (1.18%)

                    87.1 (0.348%)

Pb208

stable

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