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Table 2

Parameter values used to simulate the radioactive heat production by the short- and long-lived isotopes.

Model Nuclide Element mass Initial Particles Half-life Energy
fraction ratio per 1 kg per atom
[%] [a] [J]

CIa 26Al 8.86 × 10-3 (1) 5.0 × 10-5 2.0532 × 1023 7.17 × 105 6.4154 × 10-13
60Fe 1.81 × 10-1 (1) 1.15 × 10-8 1.8187 × 1024 2.61 × 106 4.8700 × 10-13
and 53Mn 2.02 × 10-3 (1) 4.0 × 10-5 2.2978 × 1022 3.74 × 106 9.5613 × 10-14
40K 5.32 × 10-4 (1) 1.5 × 10-3 8.0167 × 1021 1.25 × 109 1.1102 × 10-13
CIb 232Th 2.96 × 10-8 (2) 1.0 7.6822 × 1016 1.41 × 1010 6.4721 × 10-12
235U 8.08 × 10-9 (2) 7.1 × 10-3 2.0702 × 1016 7.04 × 108 7.1129 × 10-12
238U 8.08 × 10-9 (2) 0.9928 2.0441 × 1016 4.47 × 109 7.6095 × 10-13

Notes. Columns 3 and 5 show the data for the non-radioactive elements corresponding to those in Col. 2.

Reference. (1) Wolf et al. (2012); (2) Rocholl & Jochum (1993).

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