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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets
Selenium-83m
Summary data
General
Classification
Isotope: Se-83m
Atomic number (Z): 34
Mass number (A): 83
Neutron number (N): 49
Radioactive decay
Decay modes: β-
Half-life: 70.1 [s]
Decay constant: 9.8880e-03 [1/s]
Daughters: Br-83 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters: Br-83
Dosimetric constants
Mean alpha energy: 0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy: 1.25701 [MeV]
Mean photon energy: 0.98493 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ10: 3.371e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair: 3.371e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or
electrons), Δwp: 2.014e-13 [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-:
2.014e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp: 1.578e-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/Se-83m 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-83m 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-83m 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-83m Summary Spectrum.csv
|
Energy [MeV] |
Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01 |
Radiation type |
|
3.56690e-01 |
1.750e-01 |
Gamma |
|
6.73980e-01 |
1.522e-01 |
Gamma |
|
7.99150e-01 |
1.264e-02 |
Gamma |
|
9.88050e-01 |
1.610e-01 |
Gamma |
|
9.97550e-01 |
1.225e-02 |
Gamma |
|
1.02075e+00 |
2.170e-02 |
Gamma |
|
1.03061e+00 |
2.117e-01 |
Gamma |
|
1.05370e+00 |
1.593e-02 |
Gamma |
|
1.06364e+00 |
3.570e-02 |
Gamma |
|
1.55890e+00 |
1.225e-02 |
Gamma |
|
1.66006e+00 |
1.960e-02 |
Gamma |
|
2.05152e+00 |
1.125e-01 |
Gamma |
|
7.32994e-01 |
1.836e-01 |
Beta |
|
7.95415e-01 |
2.043e-02 |
Beta |
|
9.13969e-01 |
2.596e-02 |
Beta |
|
1.21030e+00 |
3.267e-01 |
Beta |
|
1.23056e+00 |
1.263e-01 |
Beta |
|
1.70289e+00 |
3.060e-01 |
Beta |
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
MIRDsoft MIRDspecs version 20250101 (www.mirdsoft.org)
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