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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Lead-194

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Pb-194
Atomic number (Z):  82
Mass number (A):  194
Neutron number (N):  112

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  α, β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  12.0 [m]
Decay constant:  9.6270e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Tl-194 (100.0%), Hg-190 (7.3e-06%)
Radioactive daughters:  Tl-194, Hg-190

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.08444 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.08324 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ105.620e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair5.642e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.353e-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-1.353e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.736e-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/Pb-194 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/Pb-194 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/Pb-194 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

2.07374e-05

1.759e+01

X-ray

2.30030e-03

6.189e-02

X-ray

8.98130e-03

1.151e-02

X-ray

1.01663e-02

2.012e-02

X-ray

1.02661e-02

1.772e-01

X-ray

1.22523e-02

1.135e-01

X-ray

1.22749e-02

3.376e-02

X-ray

1.43396e-02

2.293e-02

X-ray

7.10519e-02

3.076e-01

X-ray

7.31380e-02

5.190e-01

X-ray

8.23884e-02

5.758e-02

X-ray

8.28534e-02

1.115e-01

X-ray

8.50837e-02

1.365e-02

X-ray

8.51979e-02

2.678e-02

X-ray

1.89440e-01

1.516e-02

Gamma

1.92020e-01

4.515e-02

Gamma

2.03800e-01

1.630e-01

Gamma

2.25000e-01

5.053e-02

Gamma

2.70520e-01

2.086e-02

Gamma

3.67800e-01

8.150e-02

Gamma

4.17920e-01

2.282e-02

Gamma

4.60050e-01

3.048e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

1.129e-02

Annihilation photon

5.21550e-01

4.108e-02

Gamma

5.60690e-01

1.359e-02

Gamma

5.81820e-01

1.891e-01

Gamma

6.66050e-01

1.661e-02

Gamma

7.52800e-01

1.500e-02

Gamma

7.94850e-01

1.108e-02

Gamma

8.19500e-01

2.249e-02

Gamma

9.26970e-01

1.242e-02

Gamma

9.62640e-01

1.092e-02

Gamma

9.98470e-01

2.038e-02

Gamma

1.01054e+00

1.060e-02

Gamma

1.05938e+00

3.879e-02

Gamma

1.29440e+00

1.907e-02

Gamma

1.51945e+00

1.646e-01

Gamma

1.54940e+00

1.320e-02

Gamma

1.81040e+00

1.566e-02

Gamma

4.30136e-05

3.863e+00

Auger electron

7.57461e-05

5.765e+00

Auger electron

1.74495e-04

3.022e+00

Auger electron

4.17581e-04

6.584e-01

Auger electron

8.98579e-04

2.074e-01

Auger electron

1.85886e-03

1.592e+00

Auger electron

2.10431e-03

1.873e-01

Auger electron

7.84440e-03

4.738e-01

Auger electron

1.01354e-02

2.061e-01

Auger electron

1.24540e-02

2.155e-02

Auger electron

5.72241e-02

2.666e-02

Auger electron

6.88063e-02

1.451e-02

Auger electron

1.03642e-01

1.811e-02

Conversion electron

1.18002e-01

1.492e-01

Conversion electron

1.39202e-01

3.522e-02

Conversion electron

1.88470e-01

2.290e-02

Conversion electron

2.82002e-01

1.584e-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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