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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Promethium-140m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Pm-140m
Atomic number (Z):  61
Mass number (A):  140
Neutron number (N):  79

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  5.95 [m]
Decay constant:  1.9416e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Nd-140 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Nd-140

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.99317 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  3.03242 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ108.585e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.117e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.591e-13 [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-1.591e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp4.858e-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/Pm-140m 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/Pm-140m 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/Pm-140m 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/Pm-140m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.52003e-05

4.179e+00

X-ray

5.21638e-03

2.041e-02

X-ray

5.72010e-03

1.289e-02

X-ray

3.68696e-02

8.666e-02

X-ray

3.73962e-02

1.578e-01

X-ray

4.22041e-02

1.559e-02

X-ray

4.23100e-02

3.017e-02

X-ray

2.57900e-01

1.400e-02

Gamma

4.19570e-01

9.200e-01

Gamma

4.74200e-01

1.000e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

1.335e+00

Annihilation photon

7.73740e-01

1.000e+00

Gamma

1.02819e+00

1.000e+00

Gamma

1.19750e+00

3.800e-02

Gamma

1.26190e+00

1.000e-02

Gamma

9.12030e-01

1.319e-02

Positron

1.46161e+00

6.393e-01

Positron

1.36628e-05

4.182e-01

Auger electron

7.81426e-05

4.258e-01

Auger electron

9.39792e-05

1.584e+00

Auger electron

1.51414e-04

2.437e-01

Auger electron

4.42876e-04

5.059e-02

Auger electron

7.10775e-04

5.610e-01

Auger electron

8.73611e-04

3.854e-02

Auger electron

4.14789e-03

2.129e-01

Auger electron

5.09880e-03

7.156e-02

Auger electron

3.03768e-02

1.668e-02

Auger electron

3.75973e-01

4.043e-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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