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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Palladium-96

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Pd-96
Atomic number (Z):  46
Mass number (A):  96
Neutron number (N):  50

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  122.0 [s]
Decay constant:  5.6815e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Rh-96m (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Rh-96m

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.2257 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.44027 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10:  4.593e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair:  5.904e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp:  3.616e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα:  0.000e+00 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-:  3.616e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp:  2.308e-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/Pd-96 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-96 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-96 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-96 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

9.95810e-06

6.631e+00

X-ray

2.68654e-03

1.978e-02

X-ray

2.00395e-02

1.589e-01

X-ray

2.01865e-02

3.009e-01

X-ray

2.26708e-02

2.559e-02

X-ray

2.26963e-02

4.976e-02

X-ray

1.24900e-01

6.500e-01

Gamma

4.99700e-01

1.787e-01

Gamma

5.11000e-01

6.772e-01

Annihilation photon

5.98800e-01

5.200e-02

Gamma

6.25300e-01

1.040e-02

Gamma

7.23400e-01

1.631e-01

Gamma

7.62300e-01

4.999e-01

Gamma

7.88900e-01

2.210e-02

Gamma

8.87100e-01

2.535e-02

Gamma

1.09870e+00

1.729e-01

Gamma

1.22340e+00

3.120e-02

Gamma

1.38850e+00

1.950e-02

Gamma

1.62560e+00

3.705e-02

Gamma

5.11127e-01

1.002e-01

Positron

6.61242e-01

2.305e-01

Positron

3.35222e-05

2.623e+00

Auger electron

1.10574e-04

1.472e-01

Auger electron

1.18212e-04

6.402e-01

Auger electron

2.60354e-04

1.568e+00

Auger electron

3.07768e-04

1.023e-02

Auger electron

2.26667e-03

6.067e-01

Auger electron

2.60785e-03

1.125e-01

Auger electron

1.69094e-02

9.153e-02

Auger electron

1.95952e-02

3.583e-02

Auger electron

1.01709e-01

1.061e-01

Conversion electron

1.21509e-01

1.205e-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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