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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Ruthenium-107

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ru-107
Atomic number (Z):  44
Mass number (A):  107
Neutron number (N):  63

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  3.75 [m]
Decay constant:  3.0807e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Rh-107 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Rh-107

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  1.07035 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.34532 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.241e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.241e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.715e-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-1.715e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp5.533e-14 [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/Ru-107 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/Ru-107 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/Ru-107 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/Ru-107 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

9.95791e-06

1.847e-01

X-ray

1.94050e-01

9.858e-02

Gamma

2.68360e-01

1.219e-02

Gamma

3.74280e-01

2.968e-02

Gamma

4.05800e-01

2.120e-02

Gamma

4.62610e-01

3.657e-02

Gamma

4.89050e-01

1.325e-02

Gamma

5.79360e-01

2.438e-02

Gamma

8.47930e-01

5.300e-02

Gamma

9.12000e-01

1.548e-02

Gamma

1.04195e+00

2.544e-02

Gamma

1.27220e+00

2.544e-02

Gamma

6.24847e-01

3.706e-02

Beta

6.40155e-01

6.611e-02

Beta

7.44034e-01

1.052e-01

Beta

9.08446e-01

1.703e-02

Beta

1.22693e+00

7.012e-01

Beta

3.34980e-05

7.314e-02

Auger electron

1.17556e-04

1.772e-02

Auger electron

2.60498e-04

4.363e-02

Auger electron

2.26914e-03

1.647e-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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