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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Palladium-112

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Pd-112
Atomic number (Z):  46
Mass number (A):  112
Neutron number (N):  66

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  21.03 [h]
Decay constant:  9.1555e-06 [1/s]
Daughters:  Ag-112 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Ag-112

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.08998 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.00508 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ104.312e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair4.312e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.442e-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-1.442e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp8.139e-16 [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/Pd-112 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/Pd-112 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-112 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-112 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.20753e-05

5.342e+00

X-ray

2.97344e-03

1.711e-02

X-ray

1.85000e-02

2.656e-01

Gamma

7.65630e-02

1.000e+00

Beta

3.76912e-05

1.966e+00

Auger electron

1.24241e-04

5.382e-01

Auger electron

1.35188e-04

2.345e-01

Auger electron

3.19797e-04

1.299e+00

Auger electron

2.50777e-03

4.589e-01

Auger electron

2.91912e-03

9.989e-02

Auger electron

1.47166e-02

2.790e-01

Conversion electron

1.49719e-02

1.206e-01

Conversion electron

1.51500e-02

2.004e-01

Conversion electron

1.79315e-02

1.139e-01

Conversion electron

1.85000e-02

2.056e-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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