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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 63 | Number 2 | June 1977 | Pages 204-208
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE77-A27028
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A simple yet accurate approximation for calculating spectrum-averaged beta-particle energies and spectra is presented. It gives the average beta-particle energy as a ratio of two polynomials and can be easily implemented on pocket calculators. The values calculated by this method differ from those calculated by “exact” methods by <1% for nuclides with atomic numbers in the 20 to 100 range emitting beta particles having energies up to ∼8 MeV (∼1.3 pJ).
