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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Tantalum-183

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Ta-183
Atomic number (Z):  73
Mass number (A):  183
Neutron number (N):  110

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-
Half-life:  5.1 [d]
Decay constant:  1.5730e-06 [1/s]
Daughters:  W-183 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  None

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.35366 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.29628 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ101.235e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair1.235e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp5.666e-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-5.666e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp4.747e-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/Ta-183 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-183 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-183 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-183 Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

3.11509e-05

1.984e+01

X-ray

1.77670e-03

7.264e-02

X-ray

7.40950e-03

1.475e-02

X-ray

8.32491e-03

2.505e-02

X-ray

8.38983e-03

2.210e-01

X-ray

9.50920e-03

1.659e-02

X-ray

9.69189e-03

1.304e-01

X-ray

9.80579e-03

2.077e-02

X-ray

9.95868e-03

3.919e-02

X-ray

1.13129e-02

2.427e-02

X-ray

4.64838e-02

5.762e-02

Gamma

5.25953e-02

5.762e-02

Gamma

5.81161e-02

2.520e-01

X-ray

5.94830e-02

4.374e-01

X-ray

6.71212e-02

4.704e-02

X-ray

6.74178e-02

9.090e-02

X-ray

6.92004e-02

1.070e-02

X-ray

6.92695e-02

2.076e-02

X-ray

8.47123e-02

1.340e-02

Gamma

9.90791e-02

6.673e-02

Gamma

1.07932e-01

1.096e-01

Gamma

1.44125e-01

2.492e-02

Gamma

1.60527e-01

2.921e-02

Gamma

1.61347e-01

8.924e-02

Gamma

1.62321e-01

4.878e-02

Gamma

2.09866e-01

4.476e-02

Gamma

2.44265e-01

8.496e-02

Gamma

2.46059e-01

2.680e-01

Gamma

2.91723e-01

3.725e-02

Gamma

3.13015e-01

3.323e-02

Gamma

3.13270e-01

4.154e-02

Gamma

3.53990e-01

1.123e-01

Gamma

1.31961e-01

4.986e-02

Beta

1.90367e-01

9.173e-01

Beta

2.04995e-01

2.293e-02

Beta

2.53826e-05

3.961e+00

Auger electron

4.82348e-05

1.154e-02

Auger electron

1.61301e-04

6.719e+00

Auger electron

3.18557e-04

2.380e-01

Auger electron

3.21409e-04

1.332e+00

Auger electron

6.04936e-04

5.164e-01

Auger electron

1.47089e-03

3.099e+00

Auger electron

1.65592e-03

1.985e-01

Auger electron

1.91243e-03

1.114e-02

Auger electron

6.54441e-03

9.113e-01

Auger electron

8.30615e-03

3.500e-01

Auger electron

1.01011e-02

3.355e-02

Auger electron

1.32294e-02

2.069e-02

Conversion electron

1.50233e-02

8.657e-02

Conversion electron

2.88986e-02

3.810e-02

Conversion electron

2.93901e-02

5.915e-02

Conversion electron

3.22451e-02

1.292e-02

Conversion electron

3.27920e-02

3.741e-02

Conversion electron

3.34602e-02

1.006e-02

Conversion electron

3.44068e-02

3.182e-01

Conversion electron

3.49108e-02

4.617e-02

Conversion electron

3.62778e-02

2.179e-02

Conversion electron

3.82428e-02

3.376e-01

Conversion electron

4.00367e-02

1.852e-02

Conversion electron

4.05183e-02

2.193e-01

Conversion electron

4.10223e-02

4.156e-02

Conversion electron

4.23893e-02

2.513e-02

Conversion electron

4.42126e-02

8.930e-02

Conversion electron

4.64838e-02

2.616e-02

Conversion electron

4.71853e-02

2.644e-02

Auger electron

5.03241e-02

6.655e-02

Conversion electron

5.25953e-02

1.947e-02

Conversion electron

5.63739e-02

1.386e-02

Auger electron

7.26353e-02

1.246e-02

Conversion electron

7.44357e-02

3.588e-02

Conversion electron

8.75061e-02

8.218e-02

Conversion electron

8.88731e-02

7.405e-02

Conversion electron

9.16575e-02

9.117e-02

Conversion electron

9.26320e-02

4.519e-02

Conversion electron

9.58548e-02

4.850e-02

Conversion electron

9.63588e-02

1.231e-02

Conversion electron

9.68079e-02

4.135e-02

Conversion electron

9.90791e-02

1.149e-02

Conversion electron

1.05661e-01

1.598e-02

Conversion electron

1.49270e-01

1.314e-02

Conversion electron

1.76370e-01

8.694e-02

Conversion electron

2.33982e-01

1.244e-02

Conversion electron

2.84301e-01

1.327e-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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