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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Hafnium-167

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Hf-167
Atomic number (Z):  72
Mass number (A):  167
Neutron number (N):  95

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  2.05 [m]
Decay constant:  5.6353e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Lu-167 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Lu-167

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.49515 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.61711 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ109.031e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair2.374e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp7.933e-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-7.933e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp9.887e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

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/Hf-167 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/Hf-167 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/Hf-167 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.40161e-05

5.952e+00

X-ray

1.56946e-03

1.640e-02

X-ray

7.64540e-03

6.062e-02

X-ray

8.72221e-03

3.740e-02

X-ray

9.04392e-03

1.043e-02

X-ray

5.30692e-02

1.505e-01

X-ray

5.41988e-02

2.642e-01

X-ray

6.11839e-02

2.800e-02

X-ray

6.14258e-02

5.410e-02

X-ray

6.30870e-02

1.210e-02

X-ray

1.39900e-01

2.280e-02

Gamma

1.75400e-01

3.600e-02

Gamma

3.15240e-01

6.000e-01

Gamma

5.11000e-01

7.600e-01

Annihilation photon

1.21677e+00

2.300e-01

Positron

1.36020e+00

1.500e-01

Positron

9.96739e-06

5.176e-01

Auger electron

2.16358e-05

7.337e-01

Auger electron

1.56516e-04

2.124e+00

Auger electron

2.64882e-04

6.430e-02

Auger electron

2.66408e-04

3.794e-01

Auger electron

5.64830e-04

9.516e-02

Auger electron

1.30969e-03

8.941e-01

Auger electron

1.48434e-03

4.298e-02

Auger electron

5.97106e-03

2.918e-01

Auger electron

7.52543e-03

1.066e-01

Auger electron

4.32341e-02

1.740e-02

Auger electron

7.64580e-02

2.300e-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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