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RADON-220Alpha DecayT 1/2 = 55 secondsMeanNumber perDisintegrationMean Energyper Particle(MeV)AlphaRecoil AtomAlphaRecoil AtomGamma0.00070.00072 0.99930.99930.00065.74700.10646.28700.11640.5500FIGURE 18-6. Principalscheme of radon 220.age energy of beta particles from the transition is 0.4519 MeV. <strong>The</strong> transition leadsto a metastable state of technetium 99, Tc-99m, which is 0.1426 MeV above theground state and decays with a half-life of 6.02 hours. Tc-99m is the most widelyused radionuclide in nuclear medicine.After beta decay, there are a number of excited states created that transition tolower-energy levels via the emission of gamma rays and/or internal conversion elec-32p15 1.71 MeVPHOSPHORUS-32Beta-Minus DecayT112 = 14.3 days~ OOM,V~ -----3-2 8-----Stable 16MeanNumber perDisintegrationMean Energyper Particle(MeV)0.6948 FIGURE 18-7. Principal decay scheme ofphosphorus 32.

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