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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.
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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.