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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Cobalt-58m
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Co-58m
Atomic number (Z): 27
Mass number (A): 58
Neutron number (N): 31
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: Internal transition
Half-life: 9.04 [h]
Decay constant: 2.1299e-05 [1/s]
Daughters: Co-58 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters: Co-58
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 0.02287 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 0.00201 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 3.432e-21 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 3.432e-21 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 3.664e-15 [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-:
3.664e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 3.220e-16
[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/Co-58m 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/Co-58m 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/Co-58m Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
1.35396e-05 |
5.165e+00 |
X-ray |
|
6.87316e-03 |
8.362e-02 |
X-ray |
|
6.88840e-03 |
1.635e-01 |
X-ray |
|
7.60650e-03 |
1.015e-02 |
X-ray |
|
7.60846e-03 |
1.993e-02 |
X-ray |
|
4.39029e-05 |
2.102e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
7.49251e-05 |
2.584e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
6.98123e-04 |
1.315e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
7.45289e-04 |
1.542e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
6.03079e-03 |
3.757e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
6.77509e-03 |
9.297e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
1.72083e-02 |
7.518e-01 |
Conversion electron |
|
2.39661e-02 |
1.275e-01 |
Conversion electron |
|
2.40815e-02 |
1.911e-02 |
Conversion electron |
|
2.40967e-02 |
1.011e-01 |
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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