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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Nickel-57
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Ni-57
Atomic number (Z): 28
Mass number (A): 57
Neutron number (N): 29
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: β+, Electron capture
Half-life: 35.6 [h]
Decay constant: 5.4085e-06 [1/s]
Daughters: Co-57 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters: Co-57
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 0.15714 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 1.93816 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 4.876e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 6.560e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 2.518e-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-:
2.518e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 3.105e-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/Ni-57 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/Ni-57 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/Ni-57 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/Ni-57 Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
1.35366e-05 |
3.081e+00 |
X-ray |
|
6.87316e-03 |
5.611e-02 |
X-ray |
|
6.88840e-03 |
1.097e-01 |
X-ray |
|
7.60846e-03 |
1.338e-02 |
X-ray |
|
1.27164e-01 |
1.667e-01 |
Gamma |
|
5.11000e-01 |
8.698e-01 |
Annihilation photon |
|
1.37763e+00 |
8.170e-01 |
Gamma |
|
1.75755e+00 |
5.752e-02 |
Gamma |
|
1.91952e+00 |
1.226e-01 |
Gamma |
|
3.13365e-01 |
7.033e-02 |
Positron |
|
3.68292e-01 |
3.522e-01 |
Positron |
|
4.38353e-05 |
1.263e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
7.49251e-05 |
1.482e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
6.98245e-04 |
7.735e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
6.03079e-03 |
2.521e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
6.77509e-03 |
6.239e-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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