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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Palladium-101

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Pd-101
Atomic number (Z):  46
Mass number (A):  101
Neutron number (N):  55

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  8.47 [h]
Decay constant:  2.2732e-05 [1/s]
Daughters:  Rh-101m (99.7%), Rh-101 (0.27%)
Radioactive daughters:  Rh-101m, Rh-101

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.03277 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.35177 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ102.642e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair2.837e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp5.250e-15 [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-5.250e-15 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp5.636e-14 [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/Pd-101 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/Pd-101 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/Pd-101 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

9.95814e-06

1.493e+01

X-ray

2.68654e-03

4.451e-02

X-ray

2.82846e-03

2.109e-02

X-ray

2.00395e-02

3.573e-01

X-ray

2.01865e-02

6.764e-01

X-ray

2.26708e-02

5.752e-02

X-ray

2.26963e-02

1.118e-01

X-ray

2.31321e-02

1.144e-02

X-ray

2.31362e-02

2.209e-02

X-ray

2.44600e-02

3.898e-02

Gamma

2.69670e-01

6.432e-02

Gamma

2.96290e-01

1.920e-01

Gamma

5.11000e-01

1.010e-01

Annihilation photon

5.65980e-01

3.437e-02

Gamma

5.90440e-01

1.206e-01

Gamma

7.23750e-01

1.958e-02

Gamma

1.20204e+00

1.517e-02

Gamma

1.28905e+00

2.285e-02

Gamma

3.45797e-01

4.847e-02

Positron

3.35237e-05

5.905e+00

Auger electron

1.10552e-04

3.294e-01

Auger electron

1.18256e-04

1.441e+00

Auger electron

2.60342e-04

3.532e+00

Auger electron

3.07701e-04

2.304e-02

Auger electron

1.26900e-03

7.057e-01

Conversion electron

2.26676e-03

1.367e+00

Auger electron

2.60792e-03

2.536e-01

Auger electron

2.97223e-03

1.289e-02

Auger electron

1.69094e-02

2.057e-01

Auger electron

1.95952e-02

8.055e-02

Auger electron

2.10688e-02

8.035e-02

Conversion electron

2.39653e-02

1.702e-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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