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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Neodymium-134

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Nd-134
Atomic number (Z):  60
Mass number (A):  134
Neutron number (N):  74

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  8.5 [m]
Decay constant:  1.3591e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Pr-134m (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Pr-134m

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.17276 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.54209 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.367e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair2.158e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp2.768e-14 [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-2.768e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp8.685e-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/Nd-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/Nd-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/Nd-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/Nd-134 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.56191e-05

1.094e+01

X-ray

5.01953e-03

4.882e-02

X-ray

5.48692e-03

2.973e-02

X-ray

3.55671e-02

2.201e-01

X-ray

3.60557e-02

4.020e-01

X-ray

4.06843e-02

3.940e-02

X-ray

4.07816e-02

7.628e-02

X-ray

4.17904e-02

1.638e-02

X-ray

9.01000e-02

2.242e-02

Gamma

1.01200e-01

2.360e-02

Gamma

1.04100e-01

1.770e-02

Gamma

1.15700e-01

1.770e-02

Gamma

1.44300e-01

1.652e-02

Gamma

1.47800e-01

1.298e-02

Gamma

1.63200e-01

5.900e-01

Gamma

1.89400e-01

1.003e-02

Gamma

2.16800e-01

1.257e-01

Gamma

2.88900e-01

1.322e-01

Gamma

2.95500e-01

1.711e-02

Gamma

3.09200e-01

1.711e-02

Gamma

3.20500e-01

1.062e-02

Gamma

3.79100e-01

1.062e-02

Gamma

4.67900e-01

2.832e-02

Gamma

4.83500e-01

2.360e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

4.085e-01

Annihilation photon

5.83000e-01

1.180e-02

Gamma

6.73000e-01

1.180e-02

Gamma

9.92000e-01

1.829e-02

Gamma

1.00000e+00

4.130e-02

Gamma

6.15549e-01

1.385e-02

Positron

7.34605e-01

2.444e-02

Positron

7.58647e-01

1.286e-01

Positron

1.29601e-05

1.279e+00

Auger electron

3.35200e-05

1.039e-02

Auger electron

7.04602e-05

1.367e+00

Auger electron

8.71969e-05

3.846e+00

Auger electron

1.42873e-04

6.079e-01

Auger electron

4.15290e-04

1.282e-01

Auger electron

6.67611e-04

1.416e+00

Auger electron

8.25771e-04

1.002e-01

Auger electron

3.99658e-03

5.422e-01

Auger electron

4.89985e-03

1.806e-01

Auger electron

5.83641e-03

1.480e-02

Auger electron

2.93378e-02

4.486e-02

Auger electron

3.45832e-02

2.133e-02

Auger electron

4.80900e-02

4.575e-02

Conversion electron

6.20900e-02

2.258e-02

Conversion electron

7.36900e-02

1.656e-02

Conversion electron

1.21190e-01

3.310e-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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