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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Europium-154m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Eu-154m
Atomic number (Z):  63
Mass number (A):  154
Neutron number (N):  91

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  Internal transition
Half-life:  46.0 [m]
Decay constant:  2.5114e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Eu-154 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Eu-154

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.0745 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.07061 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ103.334e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair3.334e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.194e-14 [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-1.194e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.131e-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/Eu-154m 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/Eu-154m 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/Eu-154m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.43340e-05

2.931e+01

X-ray

1.03383e-03

3.538e-02

X-ray

5.19190e-03

1.130e-02

X-ray

5.80160e-03

1.530e-02

X-ray

5.83100e-03

1.353e-01

X-ray

6.41408e-03

2.161e-02

X-ray

6.45761e-03

1.031e-01

X-ray

6.54849e-03

3.119e-02

X-ray

6.82635e-03

2.267e-02

X-ray

7.47704e-03

1.781e-02

X-ray

3.17800e-02

5.180e-02

Gamma

3.58020e-02

1.066e-01

Gamma

4.09430e-02

8.048e-02

X-ray

4.15992e-02

1.452e-01

X-ray

4.69640e-02

1.465e-02

X-ray

4.70984e-02

2.834e-02

X-ray

6.81700e-02

3.700e-01

Gamma

1.00880e-01

2.442e-01

Gamma

1.58398e-05

2.202e+00

Auger electron

3.88900e-05

1.744e-02

Auger electron

1.12166e-04

1.450e+00

Auger electron

1.12430e-04

1.277e+01

Auger electron

1.31200e-04

1.391e-02

Conversion electron

1.80918e-04

2.054e+00

Auger electron

5.68121e-04

6.495e-01

Auger electron

8.57382e-04

3.890e+00

Auger electron

9.10000e-04

3.848e-01

Conversion electron

9.75201e-04

2.575e-01

Conversion electron

1.03464e-03

2.423e-01

Auger electron

1.28190e-03

7.656e-02

Conversion electron

1.63120e-03

4.045e-01

Conversion electron

4.70392e-03

1.377e+00

Auger electron

5.81456e-03

4.768e-01

Auger electron

6.96422e-03

4.143e-02

Auger electron

7.13040e-03

2.683e-01

Conversion electron

7.83040e-03

1.886e-02

Conversion electron

8.60000e-03

7.126e-02

Conversion electron

1.94919e-02

7.142e-02

Conversion electron

1.96020e-02

2.441e-01

Conversion electron

2.37619e-02

3.101e-01

Conversion electron

2.41552e-02

3.219e-02

Conversion electron

2.48112e-02

1.146e-02

Conversion electron

2.49852e-02

6.816e-02

Conversion electron

2.56412e-02

8.883e-02

Conversion electron

2.60404e-02

1.799e-02

Conversion electron

2.77839e-02

4.453e-01

Conversion electron

2.81772e-02

8.895e-02

Conversion electron

2.88332e-02

7.151e-02

Conversion electron

3.03104e-02

7.675e-02

Conversion electron

3.11404e-02

3.680e-02

Conversion electron

3.17800e-02

2.136e-02

Conversion electron

3.36229e-02

1.320e-02

Auger electron

3.43324e-02

1.332e-01

Conversion electron

3.58020e-02

3.667e-02

Conversion electron

5.23120e-02

5.700e-02

Conversion electron

6.01519e-02

2.394e-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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