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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Rhodium-95m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Rh-95m
Atomic number (Z):  45
Mass number (A):  95
Neutron number (N):  50

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture, Internal transition
Half-life:  1.96 [m]
Decay constant:  5.8941e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Rh-95 (88.0%), Ru-95 (12.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Rh-95, Ru-95

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.18219 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.89725 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ102.751e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair3.088e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp2.919e-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-2.919e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.438e-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/Rh-95m 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/Rh-95m 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/Rh-95m 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/Rh-95m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

8.90920e-06

2.939e-01

X-ray

9.95816e-06

6.835e-01

X-ray

1.92483e-02

1.249e-02

X-ray

2.00395e-02

1.595e-02

X-ray

2.01865e-02

3.019e-02

X-ray

5.11000e-01

1.741e-01

Annihilation photon

5.43300e-01

8.008e-01

Gamma

7.87700e-01

8.171e-02

Gamma

3.40710e+00

2.106e-02

Gamma

3.82440e+00

1.348e-02

Gamma

4.33650e+00

1.011e-02

Gamma

1.75642e+00

7.535e-02

Positron

3.14527e-05

1.219e-01

Auger electron

3.35239e-05

2.703e-01

Auger electron

1.10566e-04

1.523e-02

Auger electron

1.14211e-04

2.756e-02

Auger electron

1.18264e-04

6.595e-02

Auger electron

2.31916e-04

6.748e-02

Auger electron

2.60340e-04

1.617e-01

Auger electron

2.15881e-03

2.633e-02

Auger electron

2.26695e-03

6.255e-02

Auger electron

2.60815e-03

1.160e-02

Auger electron

5.20109e-01

6.834e-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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