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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Hafnium-180m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Hf-180m
Atomic number (Z):  72
Mass number (A):  180
Neutron number (N):  108

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-, Internal transition
Half-life:  5.5 [h]
Decay constant:  3.5007e-05 [1/s]
Daughters:  Hf-180 (99.7%), Ta-180m (0.3%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.14374 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.98839 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ103.768e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair3.768e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp2.303e-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-2.303e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.584e-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/Hf-180m 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/Hf-180m 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-180m 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-180m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.94075e-05

1.179e+01

X-ray

1.63889e-03

3.552e-02

X-ray

7.83281e-03

1.296e-02

X-ray

7.88959e-03

1.144e-01

X-ray

9.03751e-03

9.805e-02

X-ray

9.34358e-03

1.988e-02

X-ray

1.05374e-02

1.784e-02

X-ray

5.47191e-02

9.898e-02

X-ray

5.59237e-02

1.732e-01

X-ray

5.75470e-02

4.800e-01

Gamma

6.31238e-02

1.844e-02

X-ray

6.33831e-02

3.563e-02

X-ray

9.33250e-02

1.713e-01

Gamma

2.15426e-01

8.132e-01

Gamma

3.32275e-01

9.412e-01

Gamma

4.43163e-01

8.188e-01

Gamma

5.00697e-01

1.431e-01

Gamma

1.07809e-05

1.029e+00

Auger electron

2.44612e-05

1.456e+00

Auger electron

1.59901e-04

4.106e+00

Auger electron

2.83497e-04

1.304e-01

Auger electron

3.04443e-04

7.033e-01

Auger electron

6.17881e-04

1.878e-01

Auger electron

1.36558e-03

1.780e+00

Auger electron

1.54511e-03

9.386e-02

Auger electron

6.20983e-03

5.678e-01

Auger electron

7.83238e-03

2.110e-01

Auger electron

9.48612e-03

1.976e-02

Auger electron

2.78430e-02

1.875e-01

Conversion electron

4.45280e-02

1.098e-02

Auger electron

4.63020e-02

1.219e-01

Conversion electron

4.67840e-02

5.408e-02

Conversion electron

4.79887e-02

6.653e-02

Conversion electron

5.54480e-02

5.524e-02

Conversion electron

5.75470e-02

1.517e-02

Conversion electron

8.20800e-02

1.909e-02

Conversion electron

8.25620e-02

2.340e-01

Conversion electron

8.37667e-02

2.201e-01

Conversion electron

9.12260e-02

1.185e-01

Conversion electron

9.33250e-02

3.210e-02

Conversion electron

1.49944e-01

1.103e-01

Conversion electron

2.04181e-01

1.261e-02

Conversion electron

2.04663e-01

2.566e-02

Conversion electron

2.05868e-01

1.780e-02

Conversion electron

2.13327e-01

1.375e-02

Conversion electron

2.66793e-01

3.955e-02

Conversion electron

3.77681e-01

1.651e-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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