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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Krypton-81m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Kr-81m
Atomic number (Z):  36
Mass number (A):  81
Neutron number (N):  45

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  Electron capture, Internal transition
Half-life:  13.1 [s]
Decay constant:  5.2912e-02 [1/s]
Daughters:  Kr-81 (100.0%), Br-81 (0.0025%)
Radioactive daughters:  Kr-81

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.0596 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.13085 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.053e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.053e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp9.549e-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-9.549e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp2.096e-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-81m 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-81m 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/Kr-81m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.93791e-05

2.153e+00

X-ray

1.25517e-02

5.083e-02

X-ray

1.26066e-02

9.802e-02

X-ray

1.40730e-02

1.395e-02

X-ray

1.90460e-01

6.752e-01

Gamma

5.62585e-05

9.420e-01

Auger electron

6.54780e-05

3.698e-01

Auger electron

9.82524e-05

6.400e-02

Auger electron

1.40715e-03

3.312e-01

Auger electron

1.51159e-03

2.391e-02

Auger electron

1.07980e-02

7.249e-02

Auger electron

1.23371e-02

2.301e-02

Auger electron

1.76180e-01

2.691e-01

Conversion electron

1.88558e-01

2.552e-02

Conversion electron

1.88732e-01

1.065e-02

Conversion electron

1.88787e-01

1.082e-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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