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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Tantalum-175

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ta-175
Atomic number (Z):  73
Mass number (A):  175
Neutron number (N):  102

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  10.5 [h]
Decay constant:  1.8337e-05 [1/s]
Daughters:  Hf-175 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Hf-175

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.06632 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  1.11262 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ103.929e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair3.943e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.063e-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-1.063e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.783e-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/Ta-175 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/Ta-175 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/Ta-175 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/Ta-175 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.94031e-05

1.601e+01

X-ray

1.63759e-03

4.842e-02

X-ray

6.98230e-03

1.173e-02

X-ray

7.83282e-03

1.941e-02

X-ray

7.88959e-03

1.713e-01

X-ray

9.03750e-03

1.097e-01

X-ray

9.34358e-03

2.977e-02

X-ray

1.05374e-02

1.996e-02

X-ray

5.47191e-02

3.806e-01

X-ray

5.59237e-02

6.659e-01

X-ray

6.31238e-02

7.089e-02

X-ray

6.33831e-02

1.370e-01

X-ray

6.50467e-02

1.594e-02

X-ray

6.51063e-02

3.086e-02

X-ray

8.15000e-02

6.000e-02

Gamma

1.04300e-01

3.120e-02

Gamma

1.25900e-01

5.800e-02

Gamma

1.25900e-01

2.600e-02

Gamma

1.40900e-01

2.320e-02

Gamma

1.62500e-01

1.480e-02

Gamma

1.79100e-01

1.280e-02

Gamma

2.07400e-01

1.400e-01

Gamma

2.66900e-01

1.080e-01

Gamma

2.88900e-01

1.480e-02

Gamma

3.48500e-01

1.200e-01

Gamma

3.93200e-01

2.120e-02

Gamma

4.36400e-01

3.800e-02

Gamma

4.75000e-01

2.040e-02

Gamma

8.57700e-01

3.200e-02

Gamma

9.62100e-01

1.440e-02

Gamma

9.98300e-01

2.560e-02

Gamma

1.14410e+00

1.120e-02

Gamma

1.22560e+00

2.480e-02

Gamma

1.24980e+00

2.400e-02

Gamma

1.58600e+00

1.600e-02

Gamma

1.61820e+00

1.320e-02

Gamma

1.63600e+00

1.680e-02

Gamma

1.65920e+00

1.080e-02

Gamma

1.71180e+00

1.160e-02

Gamma

1.72180e+00

1.160e-02

Gamma

1.74480e+00

1.360e-02

Gamma

1.79310e+00

4.600e-02

Gamma

1.82610e+00

1.240e-02

Gamma

1.08362e-05

1.394e+00

Auger electron

2.44614e-05

1.977e+00

Auger electron

1.59740e-04

5.571e+00

Auger electron

2.83324e-04

1.756e-01

Auger electron

3.02067e-04

9.361e-01

Auger electron

5.84632e-04

2.710e-01

Auger electron

1.36342e-03

2.430e+00

Auger electron

1.54107e-03

1.277e-01

Auger electron

5.01800e-03

1.845e-02

Conversion electron

6.15572e-03

7.827e-01

Auger electron

7.77568e-03

2.903e-01

Auger electron

9.42601e-03

2.716e-02

Auger electron

1.60180e-02

3.572e-01

Conversion electron

3.88180e-02

9.248e-02

Conversion electron

3.92550e-02

1.189e-02

Conversion electron

3.97370e-02

1.152e-02

Conversion electron

4.09417e-02

1.166e-02

Conversion electron

4.45280e-02

4.220e-02

Auger electron

5.31026e-02

2.185e-02

Auger electron

6.04180e-02

1.478e-02

Conversion electron

7.02550e-02

5.055e-02

Conversion electron

7.07370e-02

1.426e-02

Conversion electron

7.19417e-02

1.013e-02

Conversion electron

7.94010e-02

1.745e-02

Conversion electron

9.30550e-02

1.306e-02

Conversion electron

9.70180e-02

1.171e-02

Conversion electron

2.01418e-01

2.391e-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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