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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Krypton-79
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Kr-79
Atomic number (Z): 36
Mass number (A): 79
Neutron number (N): 43
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: β+, Electron capture
Half-life: 35.04 [h]
Decay constant: 5.4949e-06 [1/s]
Daughters: Br-79 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters: None
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 0.02372 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 0.2549 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 2.718e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 2.984e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 3.800e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα: 0.000e+00
[Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-:
3.800e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 4.084e-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/Kr-79 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/Kr-79 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/Kr-79 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/Kr-79 Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
1.75892e-05 |
6.724e+00 |
X-ray |
|
1.47515e-03 |
1.016e-02 |
X-ray |
|
1.18329e-02 |
1.496e-01 |
X-ray |
|
1.18814e-02 |
2.888e-01 |
X-ray |
|
1.32432e-02 |
2.063e-02 |
X-ray |
|
1.32502e-02 |
4.025e-02 |
X-ray |
|
2.17070e-01 |
2.375e-02 |
Gamma |
|
2.61290e-01 |
1.270e-01 |
Gamma |
|
2.99530e-01 |
1.537e-02 |
Gamma |
|
3.06470e-01 |
2.603e-02 |
Gamma |
|
3.88970e-01 |
1.511e-02 |
Gamma |
|
3.97540e-01 |
9.334e-02 |
Gamma |
|
5.11000e-01 |
1.373e-01 |
Annihilation photon |
|
6.06090e-01 |
8.115e-02 |
Gamma |
|
8.31970e-01 |
1.257e-02 |
Gamma |
|
2.63228e-01 |
6.672e-02 |
Positron |
|
4.38608e-05 |
3.026e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
5.77255e-05 |
1.170e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
9.08356e-05 |
2.093e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
1.32089e-03 |
1.004e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
1.41188e-03 |
5.960e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
1.02029e-02 |
2.393e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
1.16354e-02 |
7.320e-02 |
Auger 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
MIRDsoft MIRDspecs version 20250101 (www.mirdsoft.org)
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