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E. I. Wyatt, S. A. Reynolds, T. H. Handley, W. S. Lyon, H. A. Parker
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 11 | Number 1 | September 1961 | Pages 74-75
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.13182/NSE61-A25988
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Half-lives of twenty-one radionuclides are reported. In general, the activity of a purified sample was followed for two or more half-lives. The data were analyzed by “least squares,” using desk calculators or computers. Two half-life values reported previously have been redetermined, with improvement.