• DocumentCode
    1382506
  • Title

    Effect of the Uranium Decay Chain Disequilibrium on Alpha Disintegration Rate

  • Author

    Gedion, M. ; Wrobel, F. ; Saigné, F. ; Portier, M. ; Touboul, A.D. ; Schrimpf, R.D.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. d´´Electron. du Sud, Univ. Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
  • Volume
    58
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    2793
  • Lastpage
    2797
  • Abstract
    Alpha particles are one of the main sources of soft errors at ground level due to radioactive impurities found in electronic materials. In this paper, based on the radioactive decay laws, we identify radioactive nuclides that may enhance the alpha disintegration rate when secular equilibrium is not reached.
  • Keywords
    alpha-particle effects; chemical equilibrium; impurities; radiation hardening (electronics); uranium; 238U; alpha disintegration rate; alpha particles; electronic materials laws; ground level; radioactive impurities; radioactive nuclides; secular equilibrium; soft errors; uranium decay chain disequilibrium effect; Alpha particles; Contamination; Ionization; Isotopes; Semiconductor device measurement; Alpha disintegration rate; disequilibrium; secular equilibrium; uranium;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2011.2172954
  • Filename
    6086742
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1382506