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Sodium-22 (22Na)

Physical Data:

Intensity
  • x-ray
  • Gamma
  • Position
  • Radioactive Half Life
  • Biological Half Life
  • Effective Half Life
511 keV
1275 keV
545 keV
2.6 years
10 days (tissue)
500 days (bones)
327.5 days
180%
100%

90%

Radiological Data:

  • Dose rate at:
    • 100 cm from 1 µCi - 1.34 mr/hr
    • 10 cm from 1 µCi - 134 mr/hr
    • 1 cm from µCi 13,400 mr/hr
  • Dose rate to the basal cells from skin contamination 5020 mr/hr µCi per cm2

Shielding:

  • Lead bricks

Survey Instrumentation:

  • Liquid Scintillation Counter (LSC)
    • LS window:  0 to 900
    • LS efficiency:  100%
  • Geiger - Mueller Counter

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