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New Measurement of the 81Kr Atmospheric Abundance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

V V Kuzminov  and
A A Pomansky
V V Kuzminov
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR
A A Pomansky
Affiliation:
Institute for Nuclear Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR
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Abstract

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We have determined the 81Kr activity to be (0.067 ± 0.003) decay/min. 1 krypton. Using this activity in conjunction with our new measurement of the 80Kr(n/γ)81Kr reaction cross-section of (12 ± 4)b, we infer that the 81Kr activity is 1.5-2.0 times that which would be calculated using the current cosmic ray flux. This implies that the average cosmic ray intensity in the atmosphere during the 81Kr life-time was greater than the current intensity, a fact that has implications for the 14C time scale.

Type
Natural 14C Variations
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , 1980 , pp. 311 - 317
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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