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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Copper-59
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Cu-59
Atomic number (Z): 29
Mass number (A): 59
Neutron number (N): 30
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: β+, Electron capture
Half-life: 81.5 [s]
Decay constant: 8.5049e-03 [1/s]
Daughters: Ni-59 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters: Ni-59
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 1.48918 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 1.44506 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 1.540e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 5.342e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 2.386e-13 [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-:
2.386e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 2.315e-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/Cu-59 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/Cu-59 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/Cu-59 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/Cu-59 Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
1.44990e-05 |
9.355e-02 |
X-ray |
|
3.39300e-01 |
7.970e-02 |
Gamma |
|
4.23400e-01 |
2.660e-02 |
Gamma |
|
4.64900e-01 |
5.870e-02 |
Gamma |
|
5.11000e-01 |
1.964e+00 |
Annihilation photon |
|
8.36500e-01 |
2.080e-02 |
Gamma |
|
8.78000e-01 |
1.140e-01 |
Gamma |
|
1.30135e+00 |
1.478e-01 |
Gamma |
|
1.34025e+00 |
1.425e-02 |
Gamma |
|
1.73470e+00 |
1.188e-02 |
Gamma |
|
9.00540e-01 |
1.882e-02 |
Positron |
|
9.26045e-01 |
1.612e-02 |
Positron |
|
1.10276e+00 |
1.892e-01 |
Positron |
|
1.30213e+00 |
8.608e-02 |
Positron |
|
1.49886e+00 |
3.353e-02 |
Positron |
|
1.55893e+00 |
5.896e-02 |
Positron |
|
1.72186e+00 |
5.755e-01 |
Positron |
|
4.78755e-05 |
3.658e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
7.72703e-04 |
2.424e-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
MIRDsoft MIRDspecs version 20250101 (www.mirdsoft.org)
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