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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Gadolinium-145m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Gd-145m
Atomic number (Z):  64
Mass number (A):  145
Neutron number (N):  81

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture, Internal transition
Half-life:  85.0 [s]
Decay constant:  8.1547e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Gd-145 (94.3%), Eu-145 (5.7%)
Radioactive daughters:  Gd-145, Eu-145

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.1927 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.68138 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ102.408e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair2.578e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp3.087e-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-3.087e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.092e-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/Gd-145m 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/Gd-145m 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/Gd-145m 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/Gd-145m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.42271e-05

2.146e-01

X-ray

1.94681e-05

9.486e+00

X-ray

1.10136e-03

1.327e-02

X-ray

6.04290e-03

4.402e-02

X-ray

6.66291e-03

1.129e-02

X-ray

6.71540e-03

3.684e-02

X-ray

6.80799e-03

1.611e-02

X-ray

2.73000e-02

4.420e-02

Gamma

4.23559e-02

2.574e-02

X-ray

4.30603e-02

4.628e-02

X-ray

3.29500e-01

4.287e-02

Gamma

3.86600e-01

3.933e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

8.800e-02

Annihilation photon

7.16000e-01

1.101e-02

Gamma

7.21400e-01

8.208e-01

Gamma

1.86168e+00

4.400e-02

Positron

1.58398e-05

1.519e-02

Auger electron

1.68638e-05

6.606e-01

Auger electron

1.05126e-04

1.040e-02

Auger electron

1.13019e-04

9.256e-02

Auger electron

1.13111e-04

4.283e+00

Auger electron

1.28518e-04

3.584e-01

Auger electron

1.79241e-04

1.470e-02

Auger electron

1.84308e-04

7.437e-01

Auger electron

6.03789e-04

3.034e-01

Auger electron

8.53948e-04

3.165e-02

Auger electron

9.03524e-04

1.309e+00

Auger electron

1.08915e-03

9.031e-02

Auger electron

4.61867e-03

1.168e-02

Auger electron

4.91945e-03

4.760e-01

Auger electron

6.09143e-03

1.683e-01

Auger electron

7.30652e-03

1.482e-02

Auger electron

1.89502e-02

4.530e-01

Conversion electron

1.93530e-02

1.256e-01

Conversion electron

2.00573e-02

1.205e-01

Conversion electron

2.57582e-02

1.560e-01

Conversion electron

2.73000e-02

4.314e-02

Conversion electron

6.71097e-01

9.598e-02

Conversion electron

7.13050e-01

1.547e-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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