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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Holmium-168m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ho-168m
Atomic number (Z):  67
Mass number (A):  168
Neutron number (N):  101

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  Internal transition
Half-life:  132.0 [s]
Decay constant:  5.2511e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Ho-168 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Ho-168

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.05176 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.00727 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ103.362e-19 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair3.362e-19 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp8.293e-15 [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-8.293e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.165e-15 [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-168m 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-168m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.36191e-05

7.936e+00

X-ray

1.30022e-03

1.661e-02

X-ray

6.70640e-03

7.732e-02

X-ray

7.53349e-03

1.950e-02

X-ray

7.89547e-03

1.312e-02

X-ray

4.67702e-02

3.574e-02

X-ray

4.76373e-02

6.366e-02

X-ray

5.39705e-02

1.274e-02

X-ray

1.89749e-05

4.187e-01

Auger electron

1.34822e-04

3.620e+00

Auger electron

1.80812e-04

1.451e-01

Auger electron

2.17968e-04

6.159e-01

Auger electron

7.29152e-04

1.370e-01

Auger electron

1.07457e-03

1.265e+00

Auger electron

1.25293e-03

6.644e-02

Auger electron

3.30101e-03

1.320e-01

Conversion electron

5.22717e-03

4.360e-01

Auger electron

6.54510e-03

1.540e-01

Auger electron

7.89563e-03

1.372e-02

Auger electron

4.96398e-02

2.091e-01

Conversion electron

5.00713e-02

2.828e-02

Conversion electron

5.09383e-02

4.042e-01

Conversion electron

5.72715e-02

1.770e-01

Conversion electron

5.90000e-02

4.895e-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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