The Systematic Behavior of the Spontaneous Fission Branching Ratios of Even-<i>Z</i> Isotopes

Yigal Ronen

doi:dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE160-144TN

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The Systematic Behavior of the Spontaneous Fission Branching Ratios of Even-Z Isotopes

Yigal Ronen

Nuclear Science and Engineering / Volume 160 / Number 1 / September 2008 / Pages 144-147

Technical Note / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NSE160-144TN

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The spontaneous fission branching ratios (B) of even-Z, 90 Z 100, nuclei were found to be correlated to log B = 1.6247 × Z - 1.0361(2Z - N) - 114.66. Based on this correlation, it is predicted that the isotopes ²²⁶Ra and ²²⁸Th are spontaneous fission isotopes.