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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Promethium-153

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Pm-153
Atomic number (Z):  61
Mass number (A):  153
Neutron number (N):  92

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  5.25 [m]
Decay constant:  2.2005e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Sm-153 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Sm-153

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.68808 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.07643 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10:  3.348e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair:  3.348e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp:  1.102e-13 [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-:  1.102e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp:  1.225e-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/Pm-153 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-153 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-153 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-153 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.46081e-05

7.430e+00

X-ray

5.62210e-03

2.687e-02

X-ray

6.20530e-03

2.784e-02

X-ray

2.83210e-02

3.420e-02

Gamma

3.58530e-02

1.476e-01

Gamma

3.95578e-02

3.355e-02

X-ray

4.01680e-02

6.072e-02

X-ray

4.54683e-02

1.177e-02

X-ray

8.33390e-02

2.070e-02

Gamma

9.08700e-02

3.276e-02

Gamma

9.14550e-02

1.944e-02

Gamma

1.19763e-01

7.938e-02

Gamma

1.27298e-01

1.800e-01

Gamma

1.29369e-01

1.116e-02

Gamma

1.75370e-01

2.214e-02

Gamma

1.82900e-01

2.736e-02

Gamma

6.33782e-01

7.615e-02

Beta

6.58035e-01

4.252e-01

Beta

6.73975e-01

4.945e-02

Beta

6.90350e-01

4.945e-02

Beta

6.98124e-01

2.373e-01

Beta

7.10581e-01

5.934e-02

Beta

7.13899e-01

4.945e-02

Beta

1.51033e-05

6.014e-01

Auger electron

9.76391e-05

4.831e-01

Auger electron

1.06320e-04

3.113e+00

Auger electron

1.71350e-04

6.663e-01

Auger electron

2.16800e-04

8.473e-02

Conversion electron

4.99725e-04

8.492e-02

Auger electron

8.15192e-04

9.688e-01

Auger electron

8.27100e-04

1.715e-02

Conversion electron

1.00066e-03

6.446e-02

Auger electron

4.51486e-03

2.913e-01

Auger electron

5.56791e-03

9.992e-02

Auger electron

6.12730e-03

2.143e-01

Conversion electron

7.53500e-03

5.961e-02

Conversion electron

8.15500e-03

1.383e-02

Conversion electron

2.06187e-02

1.734e-02

Conversion electron

2.16131e-02

1.439e-02

Conversion electron

2.81507e-02

4.384e-02

Conversion electron

2.85348e-02

1.994e-02

Conversion electron

2.91451e-02

2.859e-02

Conversion electron

2.94218e-02

1.717e-02

Conversion electron

3.00321e-02

2.201e-02

Conversion electron

3.44453e-02

1.999e-02

Conversion electron

3.86718e-02

2.013e-02

Conversion electron

3.92821e-02

2.501e-02

Conversion electron

4.45790e-02

4.606e-02

Conversion electron

4.45823e-02

1.118e-02

Conversion electron

7.28870e-02

1.141e-02

Conversion electron

8.04220e-02

2.196e-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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