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This research aims to measure the half-lives of isotopes 185Os and 103Ru accurately by correcting for dead time.

Half-lives of 185Os and 103Ru and impact of dead-time correction during half-life measurements

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Randomized trial measures half-lives of 185Os and 103Ru, highlighting the importance of correction methods.

This research aims to measure the half-lives of isotopes 185Os and 103Ru accurately by correcting for dead time.
Conducted 93 individual 24-hour activity measurements of 185Os and 103Ru.
Recorded both uncorrected and dead-time corrected data for comparison.
Analyzed how improved correction affects the uncertainty in half-life measurements.
Confirmed a half-life of 92.82(6) days for 185Os after dead-time correction.
Established a half-life of 39.261(11) days for 103Ru with improved accuracy.
Demonstrated that older literature values, based on uncorrected data, tend to overestimate half-lives.

Loibner et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Randomized trial measures half-lives of 185Os and 103Ru, highlighting the importance of correction methods.

This research aims to measure the half-lives of isotopes 185Os and 103Ru accurately by correcting for dead time.
Conducted 93 individual 24-hour activity measurements of 185Os and 103Ru.
Recorded both uncorrected and dead-time corrected data for comparison.
Analyzed how improved correction affects the uncertainty in half-life measurements.
Confirmed a half-life of 92.82(6) days for 185Os after dead-time correction.
Established a half-life of 39.261(11) days for 103Ru with improved accuracy.
Demonstrated that older literature values, based on uncorrected data, tend to overestimate half-lives.

Loibner et al. (2026) studied this question.

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