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Half-life measurements of 87Rb by liquid scintillation counting
1Department 6.1, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, Braunschweig D-38116, Germany. karsten.kossert@ptb.de
Abstract:
The specific activity of natural 87Rb was measured by means of 4pibeta liquid scintillation counting in a two-photomultiplier-tube spectrometer. 3H-efficiency tracing was used together with the CIEMAT/NIST method to obtain the detection efficiency. For this purpose a new parameterization of the shape factor for the third forbidden non-unique beta-transition was performed. The hygroscopic behaviour of the salts used for sample preparation was studied. The half-life of 87Rb was found to be T1/2 = 4.967(32) x 10(10)y.
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