Artificially Radioactive Element 85
- 15 October 1940
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 58 (8), 672-678
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.58.672
Abstract
Bismuth bombarded with 32-Mev alpha-particles becomes radioactive. Two ranges of alpha-particles are emitted, one of 6.55 cm and one of 4.52 cm. These two alpha-particles are not genetically related. There are also x-rays which show the absorption characteristics of polonium x-rays. All these radiations separate together chemically as element 85, and all show the same half-life of 7.5 hours. The probable explanation of these effects is the following: , by an () reaction, goes to , which decays either by -electron capture to actinium C'() or by alpha-particle emission (range 4.5 cm) to . The 6.5-cm alpha-particles are those of actinium C'. According to this scheme the second branch from leads to which should decay to . As yet we have been unable to find this activity. We discuss the chemical properties of element 85 and show that in general its behavior is that of a metal.
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