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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Lead-211

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Pb-211
Atomic number (Z):  82
Mass number (A):  211
Neutron number (N):  129

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  36.1 [m]
Decay constant:  3.2001e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Bi-211 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Bi-211

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.45425 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.06441 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ102.595e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair2.595e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp7.278e-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-7.278e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.032e-14 [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-211 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-211 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-211 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-211 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

3.24791e-05

2.199e-01

X-ray

4.04853e-01

3.783e-02

Gamma

4.27088e-01

1.756e-02

Gamma

8.32010e-01

3.524e-02

Gamma

1.63851e-01

6.313e-02

Beta

3.17812e-01

1.538e-02

Beta

4.75603e-01

9.120e-01

Beta

4.07268e-05

5.133e-02

Auger electron

8.98333e-05

6.990e-02

Auger electron

1.73916e-04

3.715e-02

Auger electron

1.96156e-03

1.988e-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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