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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Neodymium-135

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Nd-135
Atomic number (Z):  60
Mass number (A):  135
Neutron number (N):  75

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  12.4 [m]
Decay constant:  9.3165e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Pr-135 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Pr-135

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  1.05508 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.26172 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ102.290e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair4.872e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.690e-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-1.690e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp2.022e-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/Nd-135 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-135 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-135 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-135 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.56414e-05

1.735e+01

X-ray

8.20379e-04

1.273e-02

X-ray

5.01954e-03

6.411e-02

X-ray

5.48691e-03

4.399e-02

X-ray

5.57140e-03

1.310e-02

X-ray

5.83581e-03

1.049e-02

X-ray

3.55671e-02

1.812e-01

X-ray

3.60557e-02

3.308e-01

X-ray

4.06843e-02

3.242e-02

X-ray

4.07816e-02

6.277e-02

X-ray

4.14800e-02

2.232e-01

Gamma

4.17904e-02

1.348e-02

X-ray

1.12620e-01

4.464e-02

Gamma

1.64700e-01

3.968e-02

Gamma

1.85070e-01

2.728e-02

Gamma

2.04090e-01

4.960e-01

Gamma

2.06000e-01

2.976e-02

Gamma

2.33400e-01

1.240e-02

Gamma

2.45400e-01

3.373e-02

Gamma

2.56100e-01

2.629e-02

Gamma

2.71900e-01

2.430e-02

Gamma

3.16700e-01

1.091e-02

Gamma

3.72800e-01

2.232e-02

Gamma

3.85900e-01

1.438e-02

Gamma

4.15000e-01

1.091e-02

Gamma

4.41100e-01

1.428e-01

Gamma

4.51900e-01

4.216e-02

Gamma

4.75800e-01

8.184e-02

Gamma

4.82600e-01

1.686e-02

Gamma

4.93400e-01

1.438e-02

Gamma

5.01600e-01

9.622e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

1.334e+00

Annihilation photon

5.31900e-01

1.934e-02

Gamma

5.93700e-01

3.770e-02

Gamma

6.16500e-01

1.885e-02

Gamma

9.66600e-01

2.579e-02

Gamma

1.17210e+00

1.091e-02

Gamma

1.48070e+00

1.141e-02

Gamma

1.75200e+00

1.984e-02

Gamma

1.14826e+00

1.618e-02

Positron

1.15992e+00

1.112e-02

Positron

1.32603e+00

7.482e-02

Positron

1.33616e+00

1.820e-02

Positron

1.37723e+00

1.820e-02

Positron

1.44470e+00

4.448e-02

Positron

1.45669e+00

6.471e-02

Positron

1.46785e+00

4.347e-02

Positron

1.53080e+00

1.415e-01

Positron

1.58333e+00

9.099e-02

Positron

1.60171e+00

5.055e-02

Positron

1.66827e+00

4.044e-02

Positron

1.29601e-05

2.041e+00

Auger electron

3.35201e-05

1.657e-02

Auger electron

7.10453e-05

2.170e+00

Auger electron

8.70561e-05

6.105e+00

Auger electron

1.42931e-04

1.023e+00

Auger electron

4.41119e-04

3.280e-01

Auger electron

6.69828e-04

2.148e+00

Auger electron

8.31102e-04

1.530e-01

Auger electron

4.05100e-03

8.175e-01

Auger electron

4.96052e-03

2.733e-01

Auger electron

5.90762e-03

2.258e-02

Auger electron

2.93378e-02

3.691e-02

Auger electron

3.45832e-02

1.756e-02

Auger electron

3.46802e-02

3.401e-01

Conversion electron

3.50371e-02

1.088e-01

Conversion electron

3.55256e-02

1.110e-01

Conversion electron

4.02516e-02

1.213e-01

Conversion electron

4.14800e-02

3.303e-02

Conversion electron

7.06100e-02

2.929e-01

Conversion electron

1.05820e-01

5.077e-02

Conversion electron

1.11392e-01

1.440e-02

Conversion electron

1.22690e-01

1.089e-02

Conversion electron

1.62080e-01

7.604e-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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