English: Quartz vial (9 mm diameter) containing ~300 micrograms of Es-253 solid. The illumination produced is a result of the intense radiation from Es-253, which alpha decays (6.6 MeV, 1000 watts/g) with a half-life of 20.5 days. The heat and radiation accompanying decay often generate detrimental effects in studies of Es.
2011-05-03 05:25 Lanthanum-138 301×435× (20639 bytes) {{Information |Description = Quartz vial containing 300 micro-grams of Es-253 used in a collaborative research effort between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Institute for Transuranium Elements. The illumination produced is a resul