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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Barium-135m
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Ba-135m
Atomic number (Z): 56
Mass number (A): 135
Neutron number (N): 79
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: Internal transition
Half-life: 28.7 [h]
Decay constant: 6.7087e-06 [1/s]
Daughters: Ba-135 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters: None
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 0.20799 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 0.06023 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 4.194e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 4.194e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 3.332e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα: 0.000e+00
[Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-:
3.332e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 9.650e-15
[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/Ba-135m 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/Ba-135m Summary 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/Ba-135m Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
1.85979e-05 |
1.115e+01 |
X-ray |
|
4.45292e-03 |
3.479e-02 |
X-ray |
|
4.82366e-03 |
1.988e-02 |
X-ray |
|
3.18187e-02 |
1.553e-01 |
X-ray |
|
3.22056e-02 |
2.859e-01 |
X-ray |
|
3.63167e-02 |
2.733e-02 |
X-ray |
|
3.63920e-02 |
5.295e-02 |
X-ray |
|
3.72607e-02 |
1.125e-02 |
X-ray |
|
2.68218e-01 |
1.559e-01 |
Gamma |
|
1.08630e-05 |
2.381e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
2.91100e-05 |
1.974e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
4.70199e-05 |
1.386e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
4.88332e-05 |
3.770e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
1.14295e-04 |
5.504e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
3.47969e-04 |
1.165e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
5.52512e-04 |
1.226e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
6.91214e-04 |
9.041e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
3.57153e-03 |
4.795e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
4.33853e-03 |
1.533e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
5.13612e-03 |
1.198e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
2.63448e-02 |
3.807e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
3.09583e-02 |
1.756e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
2.30769e-01 |
5.993e-01 |
Conversion electron |
|
2.62257e-01 |
1.129e-01 |
Conversion electron |
|
2.62588e-01 |
2.414e-02 |
Conversion electron |
|
2.62975e-01 |
5.306e-02 |
Conversion electron |
|
2.67161e-01 |
4.310e-02 |
Conversion electron |
|
2.68218e-01 |
1.159e-02 |
Conversion 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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