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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Osmium-181

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Os-181
Atomic number (Z):  76
Mass number (A):  181
Neutron number (N):  105

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  105.0 [m]
Decay constant:  1.1002e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Re-181 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Re-181

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.09182 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.3835 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ105.864e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair5.948e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.471e-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-1.471e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp2.217e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

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/Os-181 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/Os-181 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/Os-181 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

3.76175e-05

1.430e+01

X-ray

1.84805e-03

5.753e-02

X-ray

7.62641e-03

1.237e-02

X-ray

8.57622e-03

2.115e-02

X-ray

8.64532e-03

1.865e-01

X-ray

1.00312e-02

1.245e-01

X-ray

1.02735e-02

3.343e-02

X-ray

1.17147e-02

2.344e-02

X-ray

5.98631e-02

3.424e-01

X-ray

6.13181e-02

5.920e-01

X-ray

6.91788e-02

6.398e-02

X-ray

6.94956e-02

1.236e-01

X-ray

7.13392e-02

1.464e-02

X-ray

7.14134e-02

2.844e-02

X-ray

7.57300e-02

1.818e-02

Gamma

1.18010e-01

1.293e-01

Gamma

1.45020e-01

1.414e-02

Gamma

1.67230e-01

3.030e-02

Gamma

2.28730e-01

1.616e-02

Gamma

2.33630e-01

1.818e-02

Gamma

2.38750e-01

4.444e-01

Gamma

2.42740e-01

6.060e-02

Gamma

2.67650e-01

1.010e-02

Gamma

3.56700e-01

1.616e-02

Gamma

4.34500e-01

1.919e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

4.336e-02

Annihilation photon

6.75400e-01

1.555e-02

Gamma

7.28600e-01

1.030e-02

Gamma

7.51400e-01

3.232e-02

Gamma

7.59500e-01

2.424e-02

Gamma

7.87600e-01

5.252e-02

Gamma

7.96900e-01

1.212e-02

Gamma

8.27000e-01

2.020e-01

Gamma

8.31500e-01

7.676e-02

Gamma

8.68000e-01

2.020e-02

Gamma

8.72200e-01

2.424e-02

Gamma

9.20300e-01

1.313e-02

Gamma

9.41500e-01

1.030e-02

Gamma

9.55000e-01

5.050e-02

Gamma

9.71000e-01

1.232e-02

Gamma

9.90600e-01

1.495e-02

Gamma

1.03050e+00

1.656e-02

Gamma

1.06040e+00

5.656e-02

Gamma

1.08620e+00

1.293e-02

Gamma

1.11090e+00

2.121e-02

Gamma

1.18150e+00

1.030e-02

Gamma

1.30500e+00

1.818e-02

Gamma

1.34520e+00

1.091e-02

Gamma

1.38530e+00

1.212e-02

Gamma

1.49180e+00

1.030e-02

Gamma

1.56800e+00

1.030e-02

Gamma

1.57300e+00

1.091e-02

Gamma

1.70490e+00

1.414e-02

Gamma

1.74060e+00

1.252e-02

Gamma

1.98170e+00

1.212e-02

Gamma

6.86402e-01

1.143e-02

Positron

2.72929e-05

2.813e+00

Auger electron

1.62367e-04

4.801e+00

Auger electron

3.25668e-04

9.436e-01

Auger electron

3.28788e-04

1.783e-01

Auger electron

6.00521e-04

2.592e-01

Auger electron

1.52626e-03

2.271e+00

Auger electron

1.71659e-03

1.613e-01

Auger electron

3.87400e-03

1.711e-02

Conversion electron

6.69402e-03

7.068e-01

Auger electron

8.51998e-03

2.757e-01

Auger electron

1.03749e-02

2.667e-02

Auger electron

2.81440e-02

1.354e-02

Conversion electron

3.26440e-02

1.271e-02

Conversion electron

4.61540e-02

3.464e-01

Conversion electron

4.85493e-02

3.483e-02

Auger electron

5.80540e-02

1.835e-02

Auger electron

6.37370e-02

8.554e-02

Conversion electron

6.51920e-02

8.208e-02

Conversion electron

7.33695e-02

4.360e-02

Conversion electron

7.57300e-02

1.226e-02

Conversion electron

9.53740e-02

1.869e-02

Conversion electron

1.05502e-01

5.046e-02

Conversion electron

1.15650e-01

1.443e-02

Conversion electron

1.66894e-01

1.534e-02

Conversion electron

1.70884e-01

1.875e-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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