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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Holmium-154m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ho-154m
Atomic number (Z):  67
Mass number (A):  154
Neutron number (N):  87

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  α, β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  3.1 [m]
Decay constant:  3.7266e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Dy-154 (100.0%), Tb-150m (0.001%)
Radioactive daughters:  Dy-154, Tb-150m

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.54335 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  2.4367 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ107.501e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair9.106e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp8.705e-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-8.705e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp3.904e-13 [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/Ho-154m 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/Ho-154m 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/Ho-154m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.37110e-05

6.102e+00

X-ray

1.22930e-03

1.167e-02

X-ray

6.48150e-03

4.953e-02

X-ray

7.25411e-03

3.318e-02

X-ray

4.52703e-02

1.603e-01

X-ray

4.60801e-02

2.865e-01

X-ray

5.20302e-02

2.949e-02

X-ray

5.21989e-02

5.700e-02

X-ray

5.35696e-02

1.257e-02

X-ray

2.80400e-01

1.315e-02

Gamma

2.89400e-01

4.883e-02

Gamma

3.09500e-01

3.850e-02

Gamma

3.34600e-01

9.390e-01

Gamma

3.46600e-01

9.860e-02

Gamma

4.05800e-01

2.911e-02

Gamma

4.06900e-01

1.897e-01

Gamma

4.12400e-01

7.888e-01

Gamma

4.34700e-01

2.535e-02

Gamma

4.43300e-01

5.165e-02

Gamma

4.77100e-01

5.540e-01

Gamma

5.04600e-01

3.662e-02

Gamma

5.04800e-01

1.268e-01

Gamma

5.11000e-01

8.293e-01

Annihilation photon

5.15600e-01

1.878e-02

Gamma

5.23800e-01

1.831e-01

Gamma

5.70600e-01

1.052e-01

Gamma

6.61500e-01

1.784e-02

Gamma

7.25100e-01

1.249e-01

Gamma

7.32800e-01

3.099e-02

Gamma

7.40600e-01

2.347e-02

Gamma

7.98900e-01

1.409e-02

Gamma

8.14100e-01

1.409e-01

Gamma

9.05200e-01

1.690e-02

Gamma

9.59100e-01

2.441e-02

Gamma

9.68300e-01

2.535e-02

Gamma

9.92900e-01

4.977e-02

Gamma

9.99700e-01

2.347e-02

Gamma

1.24880e+00

1.775e-01

Gamma

1.12817e+00

3.276e-01

Positron

1.26023e+00

1.140e-02

Positron

1.36044e+00

1.852e-02

Positron

1.46024e+00

4.986e-02

Positron

1.81686e-05

3.378e-01

Auger electron

1.28562e-04

2.785e+00

Auger electron

1.55269e-04

1.369e-01

Auger electron

2.09645e-04

4.483e-01

Auger electron

6.58528e-04

8.930e-02

Auger electron

1.01692e-03

9.701e-01

Auger electron

1.19262e-03

5.276e-02

Auger electron

5.12121e-03

3.471e-01

Auger electron

6.38384e-03

1.221e-01

Auger electron

7.68031e-03

1.082e-02

Auger electron

3.70640e-02

2.281e-02

Auger electron

4.39727e-02

1.141e-02

Auger electron

2.80739e-01

3.339e-02

Conversion electron

3.58539e-01

1.585e-02

Conversion electron

4.50939e-01

1.009e-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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