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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Selenium-79m
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Se-79m
Atomic number (Z): 34
Mass number (A): 79
Neutron number (N): 45
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: β-, Internal transition
Half-life: 3.92 [m]
Decay constant: 2.9471e-03 [1/s]
Daughters: Se-79 (99.9%), Br-79 (0.056%)
Radioactive daughters: Se-79
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 0.08196 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 0.01375 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 1.905e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 1.905e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 1.313e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for alphas, Δα: 0.000e+00
[Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for betas/electrons, Δβ-,β+,e-:
1.313e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 2.203e-15
[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-79m 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-79m 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/Se-79m 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/Se-79m Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
1.58631e-05 |
6.497e+00 |
X-ray |
|
1.11378e-02 |
1.201e-01 |
X-ray |
|
1.11804e-02 |
2.322e-01 |
X-ray |
|
1.24492e-02 |
1.622e-02 |
X-ray |
|
1.24553e-02 |
3.165e-02 |
X-ray |
|
9.57300e-02 |
9.469e-02 |
Gamma |
|
3.25099e-05 |
3.003e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
5.44789e-05 |
1.108e+00 |
Auger electron |
|
9.23980e-05 |
1.657e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
1.23691e-03 |
9.694e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
1.31409e-03 |
4.537e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
9.62662e-03 |
2.162e-01 |
Auger electron |
|
1.09573e-02 |
6.373e-02 |
Auger electron |
|
8.31110e-02 |
6.872e-01 |
Conversion electron |
|
9.40885e-02 |
5.977e-02 |
Conversion electron |
|
9.42488e-02 |
5.478e-02 |
Conversion electron |
|
9.42914e-02 |
7.071e-02 |
Conversion electron |
|
9.55663e-02 |
2.978e-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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