Uranium actinium series
The uranium - actinium series is the natural decay series of the uranium isotope 235 or (4n + 3) series.
It can be extended “backwards” to the artificial transuranium elements : the mother nuclide of uranium-235 is plutonium-239 , which is produced in large quantities in nuclear reactors . This can in turn have arisen from other mother
nuclides , which are not shown here (first extension in red ).
The end nuclide of the series is the lead isotope 207 Pb.
Natural radioactive decay series: uranium-actinium series (green) |
(4n + 3) row
nuclide | Decay | HWZ | E / MeV | Decay product |
239 Pu | α | 24110 a | 5.245 | 235 U |
235 U | α | 7.038 x 10 8 a | 4,679 | 231 Th |
231 Th |
β - α 0.000001% |
25.52 h | 0.389 0.389 |
231 Pa 227 Ra |
231 Pa | α | 32760 a | 5.149 | 227 Ac |
227 ra | β - | 42.2 min | 1.325 | 227 Ac |
227 Ac | β - 98.62% α 1.38% |
21,773 a | 0.045 5.042 |
227 Th 223 Fr |
227 Th | α | 18.72 d | 6.146 | 223 ra |
223 Fr | β - 99.994% α 0.006% |
22.0 min | 1.149 5.430 |
223 Ra 219 at |
223 ra | α | 11.435 d | 5.979 | 219 para |
219 at | α 97% β - 3% |
56 s | 6,390 1,700 |
215 Bi 219 Rn |
219 para | α | 3.96 s | 6,946 | 215 Po |
215 bi | β - | 7.6 min | 2.250 | 215 Po |
215 Po | α β - 0.000023% |
1.781 ms | 7.526 0.721 |
211 Pb 215 at |
215 at | α | 0.10 ms | 8.178 | 211 bi |
211 Pb | β - | 36.1 min | 1.373 | 211 bi |
211 bi | α 99.72% β - 0.28% |
2.14 min | 6.751 0.579 |
207 Tl 211 Po |
211 Po | α | 0.516 s | 7,595 | 207 Pb |
207 Tl | β - | 4.77 min | 1.423 | 207 Pb |
207 Pb | . | stable | . | . |