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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Terbium-150m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Tb-150m
Atomic number (Z):  65
Mass number (A):  150
Neutron number (N):  85

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture
Half-life:  5.8 [m]
Decay constant:  1.9918e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Gd-150 (100.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Gd-150

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.12671 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  2.52024 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ109.013e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair9.544e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp2.030e-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-2.030e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp4.038e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]

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/Tb-150m 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/Tb-150m 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/Tb-150m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.94295e-05

8.536e+00

X-ray

1.09477e-03

1.301e-02

X-ray

6.04290e-03

5.988e-02

X-ray

6.71540e-03

3.868e-02

X-ray

7.08640e-03

1.018e-02

X-ray

4.23559e-02

2.131e-01

X-ray

4.30603e-02

3.831e-01

X-ray

4.86161e-02

3.893e-02

X-ray

4.87612e-02

7.530e-02

X-ray

5.00239e-02

1.661e-02

X-ray

1.54100e-01

1.000e-02

Gamma

1.62000e-01

7.300e-02

Gamma

1.79400e-01

1.400e-02

Gamma

1.80900e-01

1.400e-02

Gamma

2.74900e-01

1.900e-02

Gamma

3.43070e-01

2.500e-01

Gamma

4.12400e-01

9.800e-02

Gamma

4.15300e-01

4.000e-02

Gamma

4.38370e-01

4.200e-01

Gamma

4.55700e-01

1.200e-01

Gamma

4.96300e-01

2.350e-01

Gamma

5.10000e-01

2.500e-01

Gamma

5.11000e-01

2.741e-01

Annihilation photon

5.66520e-01

2.200e-01

Gamma

6.38050e-01

1.000e+00

Gamma

6.48400e-01

1.850e-01

Gamma

6.50400e-01

7.000e-01

Gamma

7.89900e-01

2.300e-02

Gamma

8.27480e-01

4.100e-01

Gamma

6.95037e-01

1.352e-01

Positron

1.68638e-05

5.737e-01

Auger electron

1.13380e-04

3.840e+00

Auger electron

1.23656e-04

3.158e-01

Auger electron

1.82299e-04

5.999e-01

Auger electron

5.72570e-04

1.211e-01

Auger electron

8.97952e-04

1.294e+00

Auger electron

1.07582e-03

8.783e-02

Auger electron

4.77202e-03

4.756e-01

Auger electron

5.92810e-03

1.668e-01

Auger electron

7.11885e-03

1.449e-02

Auger electron

3.47386e-02

3.324e-02

Auger electron

4.11460e-02

1.646e-02

Auger electron

1.11697e-01

3.261e-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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