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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Astatine-204

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  At-204
Atomic number (Z):  85
Mass number (A):  204
Neutron number (N):  119

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  α, β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  9.2 [m]
Decay constant:  1.2557e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Po-204 (96.2%), Bi-200 (3.8%)
Radioactive daughters:  Po-204, Bi-200

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.2306 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.44849 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  2.32336 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ108.857e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair9.800e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.088e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα3.695e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-7.186e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp3.722e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

Summary spectra (plot)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Download tabulated summary spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/At-204 Summary Spectrum.csv

Beta spectra (plot)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Download tabulated beta spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/At-204 Beta Spectrum.csv

 

Tabulated data

Summary spectra (table)

Spectra source:  ICRP Publication 107: Nuclear Decay Data for Dosimetric Calculations. Ann. ICRP 2008, 38 (3).

Note: Radiations with yield < 0.01 are excluded from the table, but are available in the linked *.csv data.

Download tabulated summary spectra file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/At-204 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

3.84092e-05

1.514e+01

X-ray

2.55241e-03

6.052e-02

X-ray

1.10135e-02

1.398e-02

X-ray

1.11319e-02

1.231e-01

X-ray

1.33474e-02

2.413e-02

X-ray

1.34935e-02

8.077e-02

X-ray

1.58015e-02

1.686e-02

X-ray

7.71271e-02

1.817e-01

X-ray

7.96070e-02

3.024e-01

X-ray

8.95836e-02

3.395e-02

X-ray

9.01425e-02

6.587e-02

X-ray

9.27189e-02

1.616e-02

X-ray

2.61440e-01

2.320e-02

Gamma

3.27690e-01

3.323e-02

Gamma

3.35210e-01

3.532e-02

Gamma

3.51700e-01

2.916e-02

Gamma

4.26240e-01

6.751e-01

Gamma

4.89520e-01

2.727e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

4.871e-01

Annihilation photon

5.16320e-01

9.032e-01

Gamma

5.88300e-01

6.874e-02

Gamma

6.09140e-01

2.462e-01

Gamma

6.50660e-01

1.647e-02

Gamma

6.62720e-01

1.382e-02

Gamma

6.84340e-01

9.468e-01

Gamma

7.61650e-01

4.734e-02

Gamma

7.61650e-01

4.734e-02

Gamma

7.61650e-01

4.734e-02

Gamma

8.41060e-01

8.237e-02

Gamma

8.44660e-01

1.392e-02

Gamma

8.58180e-01

1.041e-02

Gamma

8.67800e-01

1.875e-02

Gamma

8.99390e-01

2.481e-02

Gamma

9.26340e-01

1.335e-02

Gamma

9.50250e-01

1.004e-02

Gamma

1.41586e+00

1.709e-02

Positron

1.43447e+00

6.837e-02

Positron

1.56291e+00

2.137e-02

Positron

1.70867e+00

5.341e-02

Positron

1.71415e+00

3.205e-02

Positron

3.94954e-05

3.654e+00

Auger electron

9.78549e-05

4.683e+00

Auger electron

1.75588e-04

2.571e+00

Auger electron

4.43827e-04

7.079e-01

Auger electron

1.07764e-03

1.488e-01

Auger electron

2.03349e-03

1.309e+00

Auger electron

2.34150e-03

1.837e-01

Auger electron

8.46693e-03

2.853e-01

Auger electron

8.71850e-03

3.743e-01

Conversion electron

1.10188e-02

1.303e-01

Auger electron

1.20000e-02

1.180e-01

Conversion electron

1.35999e-02

1.419e-02

Auger electron

5.77030e-02

1.078e-02

Conversion electron

6.18768e-02

1.474e-02

Auger electron

1.68016e-01

1.244e-02

Conversion electron

2.41786e-01

1.140e-02

Conversion electron

3.32816e-01

2.108e-02

Conversion electron

4.22896e-01

1.892e-02

Conversion electron

5.15716e-01

1.620e-02

Conversion electron

5.90916e-01

1.132e-02

Conversion electron

5.95090e+00

3.800e-02

Alpha

1.19095e-01

3.800e-02

Alpha recoil

 

Useful Links

Isotope decay characteristics are periodically updated as better measurements can be made - changes that may not be reflected on this page. Please see useful links:

National Nuclear Data Center (NNDC):  https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nudat3/mird/

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Livechart:  https://www-nds.iaea.org/relnsd/vcharthtml/VChartHTML.html

Reference Links

ICRP Report 107: https://www.icrp.org/publication.asp?id=ICRP%20Publication%20107

Graves et al. Dose Point Kernels: https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.13789

MIRD Decay Schemes 2nd Edition: https://sites.snmmi.org/SNMMI-MAIN/iCore/Store/StoreLayouts/Item_Detail.aspx?iProductCode=0-932004-80-6

 

 

 

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