Abstract
A lower limit to the alpha half-life of was previously reported as 4× yr, but the determination reported here, with a curium sample containing 30 times more , yields a half-life of (1.64±0.24)× yr. This result implies that no detectable amount of primordial exists on earth and that could not account for the high : ratios reported for certain minerals.
- Received 25 February 1963
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.131.1249
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