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The upper limit of energy in the β-ray spectrum of actinium B

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

B. W. Sargent
B. W. Sargent
Affiliation:
Lecturer in Physics, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario.
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Using a thin-walled electroscope, absorption curves in paper and aluminium were obtained for the β-rays of actinium (B + C) and actinium C″. From these curves the range of the β-rays of actinium B was found to be 0·08 ± ·02 gm./cm.2 The energy required for this range is 300,000 ± 50,000 volts, which must be the end-point of the continuous spectrum.

On account of the overlapping of the β-ray spectra of actinium B and actinium C″ the range method can never yield an accurate value of the end-point of the former. Magnetic analysis appears to be the best means of finding this accurately, but the weakness and rapid decay of sources are formidable difficulties.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , January 1933 , pp. 156 - 160
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1933

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