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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Lanthanum-134

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  La-134
Atomic number (Z):  57
Mass number (A):  134
Neutron number (N):  77

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  6.45 [m]
Decay constant:  1.7911e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Ba-134 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.76474 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.71962 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ103.670e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair2.810e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.225e-13 [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-1.225e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.153e-13 [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/La-134 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/La-134 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/La-134 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/La-134 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.86002e-05

4.940e+00

X-ray

4.45292e-03

1.557e-02

X-ray

3.18187e-02

8.152e-02

X-ray

3.22056e-02

1.501e-01

X-ray

3.63167e-02

1.435e-02

X-ray

3.63920e-02

2.780e-02

X-ray

5.11000e-01

1.262e+00

Annihilation photon

6.04721e-01

5.040e-02

Gamma

9.37317e-01

1.519e-02

Positron

1.21463e+00

6.156e-01

Positron

1.08630e-05

1.054e+00

Auger electron

4.69849e-05

6.117e-01

Auger electron

4.88201e-05

1.671e+00

Auger electron

1.14461e-04

2.418e-01

Auger electron

3.42434e-04

4.908e-02

Auger electron

5.52288e-04

5.458e-01

Auger electron

6.90657e-04

4.019e-02

Auger electron

3.56926e-03

2.141e-01

Auger electron

4.33578e-03

6.842e-02

Auger electron

2.63448e-02

1.999e-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

 

 

 

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