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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Niobium-96
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Nb-96
Atomic number (Z): 41
Mass number (A): 96
Neutron number (N): 55
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: β-
Half-life: 23.35 [h]
Decay constant: 8.2459e-06 [1/s]
Daughters: Mo-96 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters: None
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 0.25344 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 2.46144 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 8.952e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 8.952e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 4.061e-14 [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-:
4.061e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 3.944e-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-96 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-96 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-96 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-96 Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
6.84804e-06 |
8.881e-02 |
X-ray |
|
2.19081e-01 |
2.971e-02 |
Gamma |
|
2.41377e-01 |
3.472e-02 |
Gamma |
|
3.50053e-01 |
1.061e-02 |
Gamma |
|
3.71807e-01 |
2.623e-02 |
Gamma |
|
4.60040e-01 |
2.662e-01 |
Gamma |
|
4.80705e-01 |
5.835e-02 |
Gamma |
|
5.68871e-01 |
5.797e-01 |
Gamma |
|
7.19562e-01 |
6.848e-02 |
Gamma |
|
7.21629e-01 |
1.022e-02 |
Gamma |
|
7.78224e-01 |
9.645e-01 |
Gamma |
|
8.10330e-01 |
1.109e-01 |
Gamma |
|
8.12581e-01 |
2.951e-02 |
Gamma |
|
8.47690e-01 |
1.138e-02 |
Gamma |
|
8.49929e-01 |
2.045e-01 |
Gamma |
|
1.09135e+00 |
4.851e-01 |
Gamma |
|
1.20023e+00 |
1.997e-01 |
Gamma |
|
1.49781e+00 |
3.279e-02 |
Gamma |
|
2.49558e-01 |
2.300e-02 |
Beta |
|
2.50463e-01 |
9.669e-01 |
Beta |
|
2.73634e-05 |
4.112e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
1.76200e-04 |
1.875e-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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