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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Bromine-80m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Br-80m
Atomic number (Z):  35
Mass number (A):  80
Neutron number (N):  45

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  Internal transition
Half-life:  4.42 [h]
Decay constant:  4.3556e-05 [1/s]
Daughters:  Br-80 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Br-80

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.06173 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.02416 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ103.312e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair3.312e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp9.890e-15 [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-9.890e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp3.871e-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/Br-80m 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-80m 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/Br-80m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.75897e-05

1.120e+01

X-ray

1.47515e-03

1.714e-02

X-ray

1.18329e-02

2.291e-01

X-ray

1.18814e-02

4.423e-01

X-ray

1.32432e-02

3.160e-02

X-ray

1.32502e-02

6.165e-02

X-ray

3.70520e-02

3.905e-01

Gamma

4.38569e-05

5.043e+00

Auger electron

5.77057e-05

1.951e+00

Auger electron

9.10348e-05

3.461e-01

Auger electron

1.32052e-03

1.672e+00

Auger electron

1.41147e-03

9.926e-02

Auger electron

1.02029e-02

3.665e-01

Auger electron

1.16354e-02

1.121e-01

Auger electron

2.36170e-02

5.371e-01

Conversion electron

3.52828e-02

4.685e-02

Conversion electron

3.54150e-02

7.210e-01

Conversion electron

4.70808e-02

1.272e-01

Conversion electron

4.72479e-02

1.993e-02

Conversion electron

4.72964e-02

8.459e-02

Conversion electron

4.86652e-02

3.995e-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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