CHARACTERISTIC RADIATIONS OF
COMMONLY ENCOUNTERED RADIONUCLIDES
These tables show the type of radiation, its energy in keV, its
half-life, the half-life of its first progeny, and the % abundance
of that energy for the parent. Only the most abundant
energies are listed.
1
Progeny
3
H
He
12.32y
S
7
Be
Li
53.44d
S
14
C
N
5,730y
S
15
O
N
122.24s
S
16
N
O
7.13s
S
18
F
O
109.74m S
22
Na
Ne
2.602y
S
24
Na
Mg
15.00h
S
Radiation
st
type
3
-
â
7
EC
ã
14
-
â
15
+
â
ã
16
-
â
ã
18
+
â
ã
22
+
â
ã
Ne x-rays 1 (0.12)
24
-
â
ã
kev and % abundance
18.6 (100)
478 (10.42)
157 (100)
1732 (99.9)
511 (200)
3302 (4.9), 4288 (68), 10418 (26)
6129 (69), 7115 (5)
634 (96.73)
511 (194)
546 (89.84)
1275 (99.94)
1390 (99.935)
1369 (99.9991), 2754 (99.862)