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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Bromine-74

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Br-74
Atomic number (Z):  35
Mass number (A):  74
Neutron number (N):  39

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  25.4 [m]
Decay constant:  4.5482e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Se-74 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  1.06163 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  4.61296 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.084e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.429e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.701e-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-1.701e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp7.391e-13 [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/Br-74 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/Br-74 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/Br-74 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/Br-74 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.58642e-05

8.933e-01

X-ray

1.11378e-02

1.816e-02

X-ray

1.11804e-02

3.513e-02

X-ray

2.18900e-01

1.808e-01

Gamma

5.11000e-01

1.782e+00

Annihilation photon

6.34200e-01

1.410e-01

Gamma

6.34800e-01

6.410e-01

Gamma

9.84900e-01

3.974e-02

Gamma

1.02280e+00

5.192e-02

Gamma

1.20390e+00

1.538e-02

Gamma

1.22570e+00

1.346e-02

Gamma

1.26890e+00

6.731e-02

Gamma

1.47450e+00

1.090e-02

Gamma

1.51280e+00

1.731e-02

Gamma

1.71570e+00

1.346e-02

Gamma

1.74390e+00

1.154e-02

Gamma

1.84280e+00

2.244e-02

Gamma

1.88230e+00

1.603e-02

Gamma

1.94960e+00

1.474e-02

Gamma

1.98100e+00

1.346e-02

Gamma

2.08740e+00

1.410e-02

Gamma

2.13060e+00

2.884e-02

Gamma

2.27060e+00

1.667e-02

Gamma

2.39610e+00

2.820e-02

Gamma

2.61520e+00

7.372e-02

Gamma

2.66160e+00

5.192e-02

Gamma

2.70400e+00

1.538e-02

Gamma

2.77080e+00

2.051e-02

Gamma

2.90450e+00

1.667e-02

Gamma

2.97560e+00

1.410e-02

Gamma

3.24990e+00

6.154e-02

Gamma

3.29550e+00

2.756e-02

Gamma

3.46000e+00

1.218e-02

Gamma

3.62460e+00

5.577e-02

Gamma

3.63190e+00

2.564e-02

Gamma

3.73330e+00

1.795e-02

Gamma

3.78800e+00

4.038e-02

Gamma

3.85240e+00

1.282e-02

Gamma

3.90150e+00

1.410e-02

Gamma

3.97270e+00

2.308e-02

Gamma

4.26650e+00

1.090e-02

Gamma

4.34240e+00

1.346e-02

Gamma

4.37960e+00

4.167e-02

Gamma

5.89017e-01

1.534e-02

Positron

6.59458e-01

4.287e-02

Positron

7.03140e-01

1.229e-02

Positron

7.10776e-01

2.763e-02

Positron

8.12298e-01

2.096e-02

Positron

8.15090e-01

3.525e-02

Positron

8.64642e-01

6.574e-02

Positron

8.70247e-01

4.478e-02

Positron

9.30320e-01

9.718e-02

Positron

9.55635e-01

3.144e-02

Positron

1.02942e+00

8.003e-02

Positron

1.04582e+00

7.145e-02

Positron

1.18136e+00

1.677e-01

Positron

1.86354e+00

2.763e-02

Positron

2.13460e+00

6.193e-02

Positron

2.32864e+00

3.620e-02

Positron

2.43812e+00

3.811e-02

Positron

3.25135e-05

4.125e-01

Auger electron

5.45895e-05

1.526e-01

Auger electron

9.46172e-05

2.668e-02

Auger electron

1.23734e-03

1.316e-01

Auger electron

9.62662e-03

3.270e-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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