Isotopes of Radium |
Notes |
Ra-224, Ra-226 and Ra-228 are all generated in the decay of either Uranium or Thorium. |
Radium is over one million times more radioactive than the same mass of uranium. Radium loses about 1% of its activity in 25 years, being transformed into elements of lower atomic weight with lead being the final product of disintegration. |
Notable Isotopes |
223Ra [135 neutrons] |
Abundance: ? |
Half life: 11.43 days [ Alpha Decay ] |
Decay Energy: 5.99 MeV |
Decays to 219Rn. |
224Ra [136 neutrons] |
Abundance: ? |
Half life: 3.6319 days [ Alpha Decay ] |
Decay Energy: 5.789 MeV |
Decays to 220Rn. |
226Ra [138 neutrons] |
Abundance: trace |
Half life: 1602 years [ Alpha Decay ] |
Decay Energy: 4.871 MeV |
Decays to 222Rn. |
228Ra [140 neutrons] |
Abundance: Synthetic |
Half life: 6.7 years [ beta- ] |
Decay Energy: 0.046 MeV |
Decays to 228Ac. |