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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Bromine-74m

Summary data

General

Classification

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

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  46.0 [m]
Decay constant:  2.5114e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Se-74 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  1.27473 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  4.14665 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.061e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.400e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp2.042e-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-2.042e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp6.644e-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-74m 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-74m 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-74m 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-74m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.58643e-05

9.661e-01

X-ray

1.11378e-02

1.964e-02

X-ray

1.11804e-02

3.799e-02

X-ray

2.19000e-01

5.016e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

1.754e+00

Annihilation photon

6.15150e-01

6.658e-02

Gamma

6.34300e-01

1.642e-01

Gamma

6.34800e-01

9.120e-01

Gamma

7.28300e-01

3.557e-01

Gamma

7.44700e-01

2.462e-02

Gamma

8.38960e-01

5.107e-02

Gamma

9.84700e-01

3.374e-02

Gamma

1.20050e+00

5.198e-02

Gamma

1.24950e+00

6.658e-02

Gamma

1.26910e+00

8.846e-02

Gamma

1.29460e+00

2.006e-02

Gamma

1.36660e+00

2.280e-02

Gamma

1.45570e+00

1.824e-02

Gamma

1.47310e+00

1.459e-02

Gamma

1.71480e+00

6.110e-02

Gamma

1.71480e+00

6.110e-02

Gamma

2.18340e+00

1.003e-02

Gamma

2.28380e+00

2.462e-02

Gamma

2.31210e+00

3.374e-02

Gamma

2.38830e+00

1.186e-02

Gamma

2.70180e+00

1.186e-02

Gamma

3.04040e+00

1.094e-02

Gamma

3.04040e+00

1.094e-02

Gamma

3.15330e+00

1.003e-02

Gamma

3.17310e+00

1.094e-02

Gamma

3.29770e+00

1.368e-02

Gamma

3.33630e+00

1.186e-02

Gamma

3.43080e+00

1.277e-02

Gamma

3.80670e+00

1.094e-02

Gamma

3.86180e+00

1.459e-02

Gamma

3.95150e+00

1.094e-02

Gamma

3.95760e+00

3.739e-02

Gamma

4.02710e+00

1.094e-02

Gamma

5.38950e-01

1.969e-02

Positron

5.70128e-01

3.741e-02

Positron

5.72784e-01

1.772e-02

Positron

6.04113e-01

2.067e-02

Positron

6.13072e-01

2.363e-02

Positron

6.37604e-01

2.166e-02

Positron

9.44132e-01

1.674e-02

Positron

1.01241e+00

3.741e-02

Positron

1.23001e+00

2.264e-02

Positron

1.26865e+00

2.560e-02

Positron

1.27162e+00

1.083e-02

Positron

1.36188e+00

3.446e-02

Positron

1.40859e+00

2.166e-02

Positron

1.52796e+00

7.679e-02

Positron

1.61466e+00

3.938e-02

Positron

1.64512e+00

1.122e-02

Positron

1.73032e+00

4.824e-02

Positron

1.83766e+00

6.596e-02

Positron

1.86996e+00

1.772e-02

Positron

2.08834e+00

7.876e-02

Positron

2.14097e+00

5.907e-02

Positron

2.44464e+00

5.907e-02

Positron

3.25136e-05

4.461e-01

Auger electron

5.45920e-05

1.650e-01

Auger electron

9.46442e-05

2.892e-02

Auger electron

1.23735e-03

1.422e-01

Auger electron

9.62662e-03

3.536e-02

Auger electron

1.09573e-02

1.042e-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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