THE HALF-LIFE OF POLONIUM-216

REFERENCES

• Aitken , M. J. , Zimmerman , D. W. and Fleming , S. J. 1968 . Thermoluminescent dating of ancient pottery . Nature , 219 : 442 – 445 .
   Google Scholar
• Cherry , R. D. 1963 . The determination of thorium and uranium in geological samples by an alpha-counting technique . Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta , 27 : 183 – 189 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cherry , R. D. 1964 . Alpha-radioactivity of plankton . Nature , 203 : 139 – 143 .
   Google Scholar
• Diamond , H. and Gindler , J. 1963 . Alpha half-lives of polonium-216, astatine-217 and radon-218 . J. Inorg. Nucl. Chem. , 25 : 143 – 149 .
   Google Scholar
• Evans , R. D. 1955 . The atomic nucleus New York : McGraw-Hill. .
   Google Scholar
• Hasson , V. and Cherry , R. D. 1966 . Alpha-radioactivity of human blood . Nature , 210 : 591 – 593 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Lederer , C. M. , Hollander , J. M. and Perlman , I. 1968 . Table of isotopes, , Sixth Edition John Wiley and Sons. .
   Google Scholar
• Moseley , H. G. J. and Fajans , K. 1911 . Radio-active products of short life . Phil. Mag. , 22 : 629 – 638 .
   Google Scholar
• Turner , R. C. , Radley , J. M. and Mayneord , W. V. 1958a . The alpha-ray activity of human tissues . Brit. J. Radiol. , 31 : 397 – 406 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Turner , R. C. , Radley , J. M. and Mayneord , W. V. 1958b . Alpha-ray activities of humans and their environment . Nature , 181 : 518 – 521 .
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Turner , R. C. , Radley , J. M. and Mayneord , W. V. 1958c . The naturally occurring alpha-ray activity of foods . Health Phys. , I : 268 – 275 .
   Google Scholar
• Ward , A. G. 1942 . A new method of determining half-value periods from observations of a single Geiger counter . Proc. Roy. Soc. (London) , 181 : 183 – 197 . (Ser. A)
   Google Scholar