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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Holmium-164m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ho-164m
Atomic number (Z):  67
Mass number (A):  164
Neutron number (N):  97

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  Internal transition
Half-life:  38.0 [m]
Decay constant:  3.0401e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Ho-164 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Ho-164

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.09264 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.04723 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ102.553e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair2.553e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.484e-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-1.484e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp7.567e-15 [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/Ho-164m 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/Ho-164m Summary 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-164m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.36515e-05

2.324e+01

X-ray

1.30135e-03

4.780e-02

X-ray

5.95920e-03

1.245e-02

X-ray

6.66650e-03

1.863e-02

X-ray

6.70640e-03

1.647e-01

X-ray

7.44982e-03

2.007e-02

X-ray

7.53349e-03

1.394e-01

X-ray

7.63171e-03

2.764e-02

X-ray

7.89548e-03

2.793e-02

X-ray

8.75507e-03

2.456e-02

X-ray

3.73400e-02

1.088e-01

Gamma

4.67702e-02

2.098e-01

X-ray

4.76373e-02

3.737e-01

X-ray

5.37885e-02

3.871e-02

X-ray

5.39705e-02

7.482e-02

X-ray

5.53966e-02

1.655e-02

X-ray

5.66400e-02

6.608e-02

Gamma

1.89749e-05

1.227e+00

Auger electron

1.34642e-04

1.060e+01

Auger electron

1.81368e-04

4.424e-01

Auger electron

2.24828e-04

1.835e+00

Auger electron

7.16688e-04

5.342e-01

Auger electron

9.41005e-04

7.736e-01

Conversion electron

1.07755e-03

3.625e+00

Auger electron

1.25831e-03

1.902e-01

Auger electron

5.38129e-03

1.261e+00

Auger electron

6.70856e-03

4.485e-01

Auger electron

8.07264e-03

4.025e-02

Auger electron

2.79798e-02

5.932e-01

Conversion electron

2.84113e-02

6.846e-02

Conversion electron

2.92783e-02

2.725e-02

Conversion electron

3.56115e-02

1.533e-01

Conversion electron

3.68613e-02

3.482e-01

Conversion electron

3.73400e-02

4.303e-02

Conversion electron

3.77283e-02

3.905e-01

Conversion electron

3.82545e-02

2.900e-02

Auger electron

4.40615e-02

2.026e-01

Conversion electron

4.54244e-02

1.459e-02

Auger electron

4.57900e-02

5.376e-02

Conversion electron

4.72798e-02

1.059e-01

Conversion electron

4.77113e-02

1.093e-02

Conversion electron

5.49115e-02

2.666e-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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