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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Cesium-129
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Cs-129
Atomic number (Z): 55
Mass number (A): 129
Neutron number (N): 74
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: β+, Electron capture
Half-life: 32.06 [h]
Decay constant: 6.0056e-06 [1/s]
Daughters: Xe-129 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters: None
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 0.01753 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 0.2802 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 1.542e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 1.542e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 2.809e-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-:
2.809e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 4.489e-14
[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/Cs-129 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/Cs-129 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/Cs-129 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/Cs-129 Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
1.66176e-05 |
1.647e+01 |
X-ray |
|
4.09719e-03 |
5.258e-02 |
X-ray |
|
4.41300e-03 |
3.061e-02 |
X-ray |
|
2.94521e-02 |
3.023e-01 |
X-ray |
|
2.97812e-02 |
5.599e-01 |
X-ray |
|
3.35665e-02 |
5.256e-02 |
X-ray |
|
3.36295e-02 |
1.019e-01 |
X-ray |
|
3.43952e-02 |
1.102e-02 |
X-ray |
|
3.44080e-02 |
2.149e-02 |
X-ray |
|
3.95780e-02 |
2.968e-02 |
Gamma |
|
2.78614e-01 |
1.322e-02 |
Gamma |
|
3.18180e-01 |
2.448e-02 |
Gamma |
|
3.71918e-01 |
3.060e-01 |
Gamma |
|
4.11490e-01 |
2.231e-01 |
Gamma |
|
5.48945e-01 |
3.397e-02 |
Gamma |
|
2.61919e-05 |
2.569e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
3.62443e-05 |
7.832e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
1.23754e-04 |
9.666e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
3.22299e-04 |
1.867e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
5.05189e-04 |
2.145e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
6.17496e-04 |
1.228e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
3.32597e-03 |
8.452e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
4.00334e-03 |
2.508e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
4.70776e-03 |
1.905e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
5.02200e-03 |
3.156e-01 |
Conversion electron |
|
2.44715e-02 |
8.500e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
2.86854e-02 |
3.803e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
3.41611e-02 |
3.832e-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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