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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Holmium-167

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ho-167
Atomic number (Z):  67
Mass number (A):  167
Neutron number (N):  100

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  3.1 [h]
Decay constant:  6.2110e-05 [1/s]
Daughters:  Er-167 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.2329 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.36606 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.370e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.370e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp3.731e-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-3.731e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp5.865e-14 [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-167 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-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/Ho-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/Ho-167 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.35556e-05

3.429e+00

X-ray

6.93540e-03

3.020e-02

X-ray

7.81980e-03

2.474e-02

X-ray

4.82994e-02

6.488e-02

X-ray

4.92265e-02

1.151e-01

X-ray

5.55821e-02

1.199e-02

X-ray

5.57777e-02

2.318e-02

X-ray

7.93000e-02

2.166e-02

Gamma

8.35000e-02

1.539e-02

Gamma

2.07800e-01

5.016e-02

Gamma

2.37900e-01

5.130e-02

Gamma

3.21300e-01

2.394e-01

Gamma

3.46500e-01

5.700e-01

Gamma

3.86200e-01

3.420e-02

Gamma

4.03000e-01

3.306e-02

Gamma

4.60000e-01

2.109e-02

Gamma

7.30277e-02

3.009e-02

Beta

9.71344e-02

4.313e-01

Beta

1.77457e-01

2.708e-02

Beta

2.07462e-01

2.106e-01

Beta

3.08393e-01

1.505e-01

Beta

3.39541e-01

1.505e-01

Beta

1.98170e-05

1.672e-01

Auger electron

1.41493e-04

1.544e+00

Auger electron

2.01191e-04

5.515e-02

Auger electron

2.36357e-04

2.654e-01

Auger electron

7.45681e-04

5.404e-02

Auger electron

1.13500e-03

5.690e-01

Auger electron

1.31177e-03

2.832e-02

Auger electron

5.50287e-03

1.975e-01

Auger electron

6.88074e-03

7.050e-02

Auger electron

2.17260e-02

9.873e-02

Conversion electron

2.59260e-02

5.843e-02

Conversion electron

4.73838e-02

1.240e-02

Conversion electron

4.87526e-02

1.010e-02

Conversion electron

6.45252e-02

1.304e-02

Conversion electron

6.54526e-02

1.376e-02

Conversion electron

6.95838e-02

1.331e-02

Conversion electron

1.50226e-01

2.385e-02

Conversion electron

1.80326e-01

1.114e-02

Conversion electron

1.98525e-01

2.008e-02

Conversion electron

1.99453e-01

1.234e-02

Conversion electron

2.63726e-01

2.277e-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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