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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Holmium-155

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ho-155
Atomic number (Z):  67
Mass number (A):  155
Neutron number (N):  88

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  48.0 [m]
Decay constant:  2.4068e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Dy-155 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Dy-155

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.21756 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.61419 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.534e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair2.284e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp3.486e-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-3.486e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp9.840e-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/Ho-155 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-155 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-155 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.37309e-05

1.354e+01

X-ray

1.23104e-03

2.528e-02

X-ray

6.44440e-03

1.112e-02

X-ray

6.48150e-03

9.833e-02

X-ray

7.25410e-03

7.251e-02

X-ray

7.35039e-03

1.283e-02

X-ray

7.62077e-03

1.664e-02

X-ray

8.42364e-03

1.272e-02

X-ray

3.78000e-02

1.337e-02

Gamma

3.93900e-02

3.313e-02

Gamma

4.52703e-02

2.262e-01

X-ray

4.53800e-02

4.500e-02

Gamma

4.60801e-02

4.043e-01

X-ray

4.73700e-02

2.250e-02

Gamma

5.20302e-02

4.161e-02

X-ray

5.21989e-02

8.044e-02

X-ray

5.35696e-02

1.774e-02

X-ray

9.69100e-02

1.038e-02

Gamma

1.03890e-01

2.175e-02

Gamma

1.36300e-01

5.000e-02

Gamma

1.85130e-01

2.250e-02

Gamma

2.00860e-01

1.525e-02

Gamma

2.02410e-01

1.700e-02

Gamma

2.08410e-01

1.613e-02

Gamma

2.18930e-01

1.425e-02

Gamma

2.40190e-01

1.250e-01

Gamma

2.47770e-01

1.550e-02

Gamma

2.62230e-01

1.125e-02

Gamma

3.25400e-01

2.750e-02

Gamma

4.08580e-01

1.238e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

3.874e-01

Annihilation photon

8.97140e-01

1.000e-02

Gamma

1.03347e+00

1.063e-02

Gamma

8.31405e-01

3.373e-02

Positron

8.78003e-01

1.060e-02

Positron

9.00274e-01

1.928e-02

Positron

9.21593e-01

3.662e-02

Positron

9.39332e-01

3.855e-02

Positron

1.81686e-05

7.583e-01

Auger electron

1.28439e-04

6.189e+00

Auger electron

1.57390e-04

3.075e-01

Auger electron

2.10970e-04

1.029e+00

Auger electron

6.70531e-04

2.669e-01

Auger electron

1.01864e-03

2.098e+00

Auger electron

1.19703e-03

1.147e-01

Auger electron

5.16673e-03

7.465e-01

Auger electron

6.43427e-03

2.633e-01

Auger electron

7.73780e-03

2.339e-02

Auger electron

1.22590e-02

1.017e-02

Conversion electron

3.03775e-02

1.344e-01

Conversion electron

3.07993e-02

8.652e-02

Conversion electron

3.16090e-02

9.408e-02

Conversion electron

3.28890e-02

1.201e-02

Conversion electron

3.70640e-02

3.218e-02

Auger electron

3.77279e-02

7.274e-02

Conversion electron

3.83575e-02

5.474e-02

Conversion electron

3.87793e-02

1.059e-02

Conversion electron

3.93900e-02

1.960e-02

Conversion electron

4.30490e-02

2.312e-02

Conversion electron

4.39727e-02

1.610e-02

Auger electron

4.57079e-02

1.633e-02

Conversion electron

8.24390e-02

4.218e-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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