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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Selenium-77m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Se-77m
Atomic number (Z):  34
Mass number (A):  77
Neutron number (N):  43

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  Internal transition
Half-life:  17.36 [s]
Decay constant:  3.9928e-02 [1/s]
Daughters:  Se-77 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.07368 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.08884 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.349e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.349e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.180e-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-1.180e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.423e-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/Se-77m 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/Se-77m 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/Se-77m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.58635e-05

3.480e+00

X-ray

1.11378e-02

6.838e-02

X-ray

1.11804e-02

1.323e-01

X-ray

1.24553e-02

1.803e-02

X-ray

1.62000e-01

5.320e-01

Gamma

3.25110e-05

1.608e+00

Auger electron

5.45176e-05

5.936e-01

Auger electron

9.33643e-05

9.499e-02

Auger electron

1.23711e-03

5.169e-01

Auger electron

1.31472e-03

2.424e-02

Auger electron

9.62662e-03

1.231e-01

Auger electron

1.09573e-02

3.630e-02

Auger electron

1.49381e-01

3.914e-01

Conversion electron

1.60359e-01

3.622e-02

Conversion electron

1.60519e-01

1.513e-02

Conversion electron

1.60561e-01

1.668e-02

Conversion electron

1.61836e-01

1.089e-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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