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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Radon-216

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Rn-216
Atomic number (Z):  86
Mass number (A):  216
Neutron number (N):  130

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  α
Half-life:  4.5e-05 [s]
Decay constant:  1.5403e+04 [1/s]
Daughters:  Po-212 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Po-212

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  8.1999 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ100.000e+00 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair0.000e+00 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.314e-12 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα1.314e-12 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-0.000e+00 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp0.000e+00 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

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/Rn-216 Summary 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/Rn-216 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

8.04805e+00

1.000e+00

Alpha

1.51949e-01

1.000e+00

Alpha recoil

 

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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