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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Rhodium-97

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Rh-97
Atomic number (Z):  45
Mass number (A):  97
Neutron number (N):  52

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  30.7 [m]
Decay constant:  3.7630e-04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Ru-97 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Ru-97

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.52114 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.44483 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ103.389e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair5.649e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp8.350e-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-8.350e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp2.315e-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-97 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-97 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-97 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-97 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

8.90920e-06

3.753e+00

X-ray

2.54865e-03

1.001e-02

X-ray

1.91152e-02

8.407e-02

X-ray

1.92483e-02

1.595e-01

X-ray

2.16049e-02

1.338e-02

X-ray

2.16277e-02

2.603e-02

X-ray

1.89210e-01

1.045e-02

Gamma

4.21550e-01

7.463e-01

Gamma

5.11000e-01

1.168e+00

Annihilation photon

7.77440e-01

1.440e-02

Gamma

8.07700e-01

1.343e-02

Gamma

8.40130e-01

1.202e-01

Gamma

8.78800e-01

9.030e-02

Gamma

1.05370e+00

1.470e-02

Gamma

1.22870e+00

1.067e-02

Gamma

1.31010e+00

1.119e-02

Gamma

2.15210e+00

1.045e-02

Gamma

5.57408e-01

1.164e-02

Positron

7.14801e-01

2.985e-02

Positron

7.32267e-01

4.477e-02

Positron

9.23234e-01

4.885e-01

Positron

3.14526e-05

1.557e+00

Auger electron

1.07963e-04

8.086e-02

Auger electron

1.14209e-04

3.520e-01

Auger electron

2.31916e-04

8.619e-01

Auger electron

2.15881e-03

3.362e-01

Auger electron

2.46833e-03

5.730e-02

Auger electron

1.61570e-02

5.302e-02

Auger electron

1.86981e-02

2.040e-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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