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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Lead-202m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Pb-202m
Atomic number (Z):  82
Mass number (A):  202
Neutron number (N):  120

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  Electron capture, Internal transition
Half-life:  3.53 [h]
Decay constant:  5.4544e-05 [1/s]
Daughters:  Pb-202 (90.5%), Tl-202 (9.5%)
Radioactive daughters:  Pb-202, Tl-202

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.13209 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.99254 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ108.009e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair8.009e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp2.116e-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-2.116e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp3.192e-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/Pb-202m 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/Pb-202m Summary 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-202m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

2.07378e-05

1.749e+00

X-ray

2.66365e-05

4.830e+00

X-ray

2.38831e-03

1.798e-02

X-ray

1.02661e-02

1.736e-02

X-ray

1.05510e-02

3.774e-02

X-ray

1.22523e-02

1.153e-02

X-ray

1.26563e-02

5.592e-02

X-ray

1.48158e-02

1.142e-02

X-ray

7.10519e-02

2.965e-02

X-ray

7.30390e-02

2.311e-02

X-ray

7.31380e-02

5.002e-02

X-ray

7.52501e-02

3.882e-02

X-ray

8.28534e-02

1.074e-02

X-ray

3.89940e-01

6.161e-02

Gamma

4.22120e-01

8.561e-01

Gamma

4.59720e-01

8.596e-02

Gamma

4.90470e-01

9.142e-02

Gamma

6.57490e-01

3.235e-01

Gamma

7.86990e-01

4.978e-01

Gamma

9.60700e-01

9.159e-01

Gamma

4.22891e-05

1.085e+00

Auger electron

4.30175e-05

3.842e-01

Auger electron

7.57853e-05

5.732e-01

Auger electron

8.26912e-05

1.564e+00

Auger electron

1.74554e-04

3.006e-01

Auger electron

1.74902e-04

8.329e-01

Auger electron

4.18557e-04

6.568e-02

Auger electron

4.38555e-04

1.862e-01

Auger electron

8.99476e-04

2.097e-02

Auger electron

1.27109e-03

3.911e-02

Auger electron

1.85934e-03

1.581e-01

Auger electron

1.92247e-03

4.323e-01

Auger electron

2.10503e-03

1.861e-02

Auger electron

2.18760e-03

5.418e-02

Auger electron

7.85775e-03

4.690e-02

Auger electron

8.34197e-03

1.251e-01

Auger electron

1.01497e-02

2.041e-02

Auger electron

1.07337e-02

5.563e-02

Auger electron

1.13949e-01

1.252e-01

Conversion electron

1.16160e-01

7.092e-02

Conversion electron

1.26145e-01

6.510e-02

Conversion electron

1.29200e-01

2.069e-02

Conversion electron

3.04142e-01

1.032e-02

Conversion electron

3.33830e-01

2.580e-02

Conversion electron

6.98700e-01

4.513e-02

Conversion electron

7.71143e-01

1.093e-02

Conversion electron

7.71739e-01

1.971e-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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