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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Niobium-92m
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Nb-92m
Atomic number (Z): 41
Mass number (A): 92
Neutron number (N): 51
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: β+, Electron capture
Half-life: 10.15 [d]
Decay constant: 7.9040e-07 [1/s]
Daughters: Zr-92 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters: None
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 0.00647 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 0.96885 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 4.858e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 4.861e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 1.037e-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-:
1.037e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 1.552e-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/Nb-92m 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/Nb-92m 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/Nb-92m 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/Nb-92m Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
6.52412e-06 |
1.205e+01 |
X-ray |
|
2.03430e-03 |
1.813e-02 |
X-ray |
|
1.56498e-02 |
1.842e-01 |
X-ray |
|
1.57372e-02 |
3.526e-01 |
X-ray |
|
1.76171e-02 |
2.781e-02 |
X-ray |
|
1.76312e-02 |
5.415e-02 |
X-ray |
|
9.12600e-01 |
1.783e-02 |
Gamma |
|
9.34440e-01 |
9.907e-01 |
Gamma |
|
2.22354e-05 |
6.392e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
9.83315e-05 |
9.561e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
1.06632e-04 |
2.039e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
1.17896e-04 |
2.189e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
1.58208e-04 |
6.464e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
1.75391e-03 |
9.064e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
1.94482e-03 |
1.017e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
1.33271e-02 |
1.711e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
1.53342e-02 |
6.094e-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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