Simple method for calculating time dependence of individual radionuclide activities in decay series

• Authors: Jiří Landa , Štefan Palágyi
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

A rapid method for calculating the time dependence of activities of individual radionuclides in genetically coupled decay series has been proposed. The method is based on the mathematical procedure, in which the matrix method is used for calculating a set of decay equations given in the vector form. The developed method is computerized and uses the modern Scilab software. This simple method eliminates certain drawbacks of older methods used previously for this purpose and is applicable to even solve calculations which are not easily treatable with the older methods. Some practical examples of such calculations are presented. Moreover, the new method is universal and it also enables a more general approach to the problem of the calculation of decay series in nuclear chemistry. [...]

Keywords

EN

radioactive; activity; activities; series; decay series; decay; decay chain; scilab; solve; vector; vector solution; matrix; calculation; natural; uranium; thorium

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 868-879

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2007

online

1 - 9 - 2007

Contributors

author

Jiří Landa

• Waste Disposal Department plc, Nuclear Research Institute Řež, 250 68 Husinec-Řež 130, Czech Republic

author

Štefan Palágyi

• Waste Disposal Department plc, Nuclear Research Institute Řež, 250 68 Husinec-Řež 130, Czech Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11532-007-0029-5