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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Praseodymium-134m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Pr-134m
Atomic number (Z):  59
Mass number (A):  134
Neutron number (N):  75

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  17.0 [m]
Decay constant:  6.7956e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Ce-134 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Ce-134

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  1.52736 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  2.31011 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ105.068e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair8.194e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp2.447e-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-2.447e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp3.701e-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/Pr-134m 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/Pr-134m 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/Pr-134m 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/Pr-134m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.61263e-05

2.545e+00

X-ray

4.82666e-03

1.019e-02

X-ray

3.42907e-02

4.821e-02

X-ray

3.47432e-02

8.828e-02

X-ray

3.92855e-02

1.663e-02

X-ray

2.15300e-01

1.742e-02

Gamma

2.31300e-01

1.340e-02

Gamma

4.09200e-01

8.710e-01

Gamma

4.17200e-01

1.340e-02

Gamma

4.80400e-01

1.742e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

1.615e+00

Annihilation photon

5.18100e-01

4.154e-02

Gamma

5.56000e-01

1.313e-01

Gamma

6.39600e-01

2.144e-02

Gamma

6.85700e-01

1.340e-02

Gamma

9.65500e-01

1.313e-01

Gamma

9.73900e-01

4.824e-02

Gamma

9.78700e-01

1.072e-02

Gamma

1.00000e+00

1.340e-02

Gamma

1.36570e+00

1.474e-02

Gamma

1.49460e+00

5.360e-02

Gamma

1.57990e+00

4.690e-02

Gamma

1.90430e+00

9.916e-02

Gamma

1.96410e+00

1.474e-02

Gamma

2.13600e+00

1.072e-01

Gamma

2.23300e+00

2.010e-02

Gamma

2.33100e+00

2.814e-02

Gamma

1.25623e+00

1.096e-01

Positron

1.36336e+00

5.881e-02

Positron

1.51430e+00

3.488e-02

Positron

1.55410e+00

4.087e-02

Positron

1.61435e+00

1.595e-02

Positron

1.79825e+00

3.887e-02

Positron

1.99525e+00

1.993e-01

Positron

2.25913e+00

2.990e-01

Positron

1.22653e-05

3.616e-01

Auger electron

6.25378e-05

3.929e-01

Auger electron

7.40126e-05

8.548e-01

Auger electron

1.35135e-04

1.335e-01

Auger electron

3.88344e-04

2.832e-02

Auger electron

6.26785e-04

3.143e-01

Auger electron

7.79346e-04

2.278e-02

Auger electron

3.85038e-03

1.214e-01

Auger electron

4.70689e-03

3.998e-02

Auger electron

2.83189e-02

1.042e-02

Auger electron

3.68744e-01

1.365e-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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