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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Gallium-74

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ga-74
Atomic number (Z):  31
Mass number (A):  74
Neutron number (N):  43

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  8.12 [m]
Decay constant:  1.4227e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Ge-74 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.99454 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  3.15401 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.000e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.000e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.593e-13 [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-1.593e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp5.053e-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/Ga-74 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/Ga-74 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/Ga-74 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/Ga-74 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.21069e-05

1.462e-02

X-ray

4.84900e-01

1.065e-02

Gamma

4.92990e-01

4.957e-02

Gamma

5.95870e-01

9.180e-01

Gamma

6.04210e-01

2.846e-02

Gamma

6.08400e-01

1.441e-01

Gamma

8.67830e-01

8.721e-02

Gamma

9.42470e-01

1.267e-02

Gamma

9.60990e-01

1.616e-02

Gamma

1.10132e+00

5.416e-02

Gamma

1.20422e+00

7.619e-02

Gamma

1.33210e+00

1.744e-02

Gamma

1.33718e+00

1.606e-02

Gamma

1.33718e+00

1.606e-02

Gamma

1.44338e+00

3.672e-02

Gamma

1.44338e+00

3.690e-02

Gamma

1.48937e+00

2.883e-02

Gamma

1.74490e+00

4.820e-02

Gamma

1.82975e+00

1.900e-02

Gamma

1.94063e+00

5.416e-02

Gamma

2.01445e+00

1.294e-02

Gamma

2.25706e+00

1.753e-02

Gamma

2.27905e+00

2.341e-02

Gamma

2.35361e+00

4.471e-01

Gamma

2.58007e+00

1.276e-02

Gamma

2.69096e+00

1.001e-02

Gamma

2.97092e+00

1.083e-02

Gamma

2.26741e-01

1.357e-02

Beta

3.16355e-01

5.915e-02

Beta

4.34006e-01

1.605e-02

Beta

5.33112e-01

2.319e-02

Beta

5.44920e-01

1.694e-02

Beta

5.69419e-01

2.091e-02

Beta

5.99472e-01

2.388e-02

Beta

6.48086e-01

2.517e-02

Beta

6.59058e-01

1.149e-02

Beta

7.59081e-01

1.417e-02

Beta

8.99440e-01

1.942e-02

Beta

9.15939e-01

2.982e-02

Beta

1.00552e+00

4.954e-01

Beta

1.12633e+00

2.873e-02

Beta

1.60250e+00

5.747e-02

Beta

1.71491e+00

2.279e-02

Beta

1.84008e+00

1.189e-02

Beta

2.13434e+00

4.657e-02

Beta

 

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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