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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Gold-202

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Au-202
Atomic number (Z):  79
Mass number (A):  202
Neutron number (N):  123

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  28.8 [s]
Decay constant:  2.4068e-02 [1/s]
Daughters:  Hg-202 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  1.07488 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.17203 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ106.185e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair6.185e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.722e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα0.000e+00 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-1.722e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp2.756e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

Dose point kernels (plot)

Dose point kernel source:  Graves, et al. Medical Physics. 2019 Nov.; 46(11):5284-5293.

Note: Bins are spaced every 0.1 mm until a radius of 10 cm, and every 1 mm until a radius of 2 m.

Download tabulated dose point kernel file here:  www.mirdsoft.org/products/MIRDspecs/Au-202 DPK.csv

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/Au-202 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/Au-202 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/Au-202 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.47045e-05

9.811e-02

X-ray

3.88100e-01

1.000e-02

Gamma

4.39540e-01

1.000e-01

Gamma

5.20300e-01

1.700e-02

Gamma

9.08390e-01

1.850e-02

Gamma

1.12520e+00

2.300e-02

Gamma

1.20370e+00

2.010e-02

Gamma

1.30637e+00

2.250e-02

Gamma

4.08998e-01

2.738e-02

Beta

4.49832e-01

1.956e-02

Beta

4.81421e-01

2.249e-02

Beta

5.69910e-01

2.836e-02

Beta

1.14463e+00

8.802e-01

Beta

4.20469e-05

2.221e-02

Auger electron

6.98759e-05

3.250e-02

Auger electron

1.74710e-04

1.711e-02

Auger electron

 

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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