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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Rhodium-96

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Rh-96
Atomic number (Z):  45
Mass number (A):  96
Neutron number (N):  51

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  9.9 [m]
Decay constant:  1.1669e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Ru-96 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.74193 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  3.92656 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.177e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.446e-16 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.189e-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-1.189e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp6.291e-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-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/Rh-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/Rh-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/Rh-96 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

8.90920e-06

2.775e+00

X-ray

1.91152e-02

6.220e-02

X-ray

1.92483e-02

1.180e-01

X-ray

2.16277e-02

1.926e-02

X-ray

4.30180e-01

2.070e-02

Gamma

5.11000e-01

1.389e+00

Annihilation photon

5.86620e-01

1.530e-02

Gamma

6.31730e-01

7.450e-01

Gamma

6.44160e-01

4.570e-02

Gamma

6.85470e-01

9.570e-01

Gamma

7.41870e-01

2.940e-01

Gamma

8.00700e-01

3.320e-02

Gamma

8.32520e-01

1.000e+00

Gamma

9.15200e-01

1.030e-02

Gamma

9.44070e-01

2.430e-02

Gamma

1.07035e+00

1.830e-02

Gamma

1.22785e+00

7.800e-02

Gamma

1.23066e+00

7.200e-02

Gamma

1.24214e+00

1.290e-02

Gamma

1.27576e+00

3.070e-02

Gamma

1.55672e+00

1.920e-02

Gamma

1.60540e+00

2.650e-02

Gamma

1.64866e+00

2.060e-02

Gamma

1.69230e+00

2.160e-02

Gamma

1.73745e+00

4.470e-02

Gamma

1.78860e+00

1.960e-02

Gamma

1.85970e+00

1.610e-02

Gamma

1.96319e+00

1.270e-02

Gamma

6.58219e-01

2.457e-02

Positron

7.17799e-01

1.508e-02

Positron

7.39857e-01

1.476e-02

Positron

8.88392e-01

8.121e-02

Positron

8.89739e-01

7.920e-02

Positron

9.22225e-01

1.034e-02

Positron

9.86672e-01

1.687e-02

Positron

1.11399e+00

2.320e-01

Positron

1.15947e+00

4.851e-02

Positron

1.25537e+00

1.687e-02

Positron

1.32692e+00

1.044e-02

Positron

1.46143e+00

9.386e-02

Positron

3.14528e-05

1.151e+00

Auger electron

1.07951e-04

5.966e-02

Auger electron

1.14215e-04

2.603e-01

Auger electron

2.31914e-04

6.372e-01

Auger electron

2.15880e-03

2.486e-01

Auger electron

2.46831e-03

4.237e-02

Auger electron

1.61570e-02

3.923e-02

Auger electron

1.86981e-02

1.509e-02

Auger 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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