Activity-mass relationships for uranium and natural thorium.

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§ 173.434 Activity-mass relationships for uranium and natural thorium.

The table of activity-mass relationships for uranium and natural thorium are as follows:

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Thorium and uranium enrichment1(Wt%235 U present) Specific activity
TBq/gram Grams/Tbq Ci/gram Grams/Ci
0.45 (depleted) 1.9 × 10−8 5.4 × 107 5.0 × 10−7 2.0 × 106
0.72 (natural) 2.6 × 10−8 3.8 × 107 7.1 × 10−7 1.4 × 106
1.0 2.8 × 10−8 3.6 × 107 7.6 × 10−7 1.3 × 106
1.5 3.7 × 10−8 2.7 × 107 1.0 × 10−6 1.0 × 106
5.0 1.0 × 10−7 1.0 × 107 2.7 × 10−6 3.7 × 105
10.0 1.8 × 10−7 5.6 × 106 4.8 × 10−6 2.1 × 105
20.0 3.7 × 10−7 2.7 × 106 1.0 × 10−5 1.0 × 105
35.0 7.4 × 10−7 1.4 × 106 2.0 × 10−5 5.0 × 104
50.0 9.3 × 10−7 1.1 × 106 2.5 × 10−5 4.0 × 104
90.0 2.1 × 10−6 4.7 × 105 5.8 × 10−5 1.7 × 104
93.0 2.6 × 10−6 3.9 × 105 7.0 × 10−5 1.4 × 104
95.0 3.4 × 10−6 3.0 × 105 9.1 × 10−5 1.1 × 104
Natural thorium 8.1 × 10−9 1.2 × 108 2.2 × 10−7 4.6 × 106

1 The figures for uranium include representative values for the activity of uranium-234 which is concentrated during the enrichment process. The activity for thorium includes the equilibrium concentration of thorium-228.

[Amdt. 173-244, 60 FR 50307, Sept. 28, 1995, as amended by 63 FR 52849, Oct. 1, 1998]


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