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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Terbium-151m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Tb-151m
Atomic number (Z):  65
Mass number (A):  151
Neutron number (N):  86

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture, Internal transition
Half-life:  25.0 [s]
Decay constant:  2.7726e-02 [1/s]
Daughters:  Tb-151 (93.4%), Gd-151 (6.6%)
Radioactive daughters:  Tb-151, Gd-151

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.07927 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.08079 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ103.390e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair3.453e-18 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.270e-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-1.270e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.294e-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/Tb-151m 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/Tb-151m 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-151m 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-151m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.38853e-05

2.239e+01

X-ray

1.94298e-05

6.154e-01

X-ray

1.16644e-03

3.514e-02

X-ray

6.22629e-03

1.263e-02

X-ray

6.26070e-03

1.116e-01

X-ray

6.91969e-03

2.630e-02

X-ray

6.98190e-03

9.901e-02

X-ray

7.07629e-03

3.710e-02

X-ray

7.35101e-03

1.884e-02

X-ray

8.10032e-03

1.729e-02

X-ray

2.29200e-02

3.138e-02

Gamma

4.23559e-02

1.534e-02

X-ray

4.30603e-02

2.757e-02

X-ray

4.94600e-02

2.242e-01

Gamma

3.79700e-01

6.313e-02

Gamma

5.22400e-01

1.517e-02

Gamma

8.30500e-01

3.302e-02

Gamma

1.68638e-05

4.137e-02

Auger electron

1.73725e-05

1.381e+00

Auger electron

4.15900e-05

1.081e-02

Auger electron

1.13377e-04

2.769e-01

Auger electron

1.21593e-04

1.027e+01

Auger electron

1.23705e-04

2.277e-02

Auger electron

1.40996e-04

6.481e-01

Auger electron

1.82293e-04

4.329e-02

Auger electron

2.00632e-04

1.790e+00

Auger electron

6.46324e-04

6.846e-01

Auger electron

8.97990e-04

9.319e-02

Auger electron

9.66424e-04

3.182e+00

Auger electron

1.15021e-03

1.840e-01

Auger electron

4.77277e-03

3.426e-02

Auger electron

5.09802e-03

1.123e+00

Auger electron

5.92896e-03

1.201e-02

Auger electron

6.32117e-03

3.956e-01

Auger electron

7.58548e-03

3.509e-02

Auger electron

1.42469e-02

5.989e-01

Conversion electron

1.46591e-02

7.323e-02

Conversion electron

1.54147e-02

3.495e-02

Conversion electron

1.88391e-02

2.986e-01

Conversion electron

1.95947e-02

3.829e-01

Conversion electron

2.13232e-02

1.553e-01

Conversion electron

2.29200e-02

4.353e-02

Conversion electron

2.55032e-02

1.963e-01

Conversion electron

2.71000e-02

5.176e-02

Conversion electron

4.07869e-02

4.408e-01

Conversion electron

4.11991e-02

5.006e-02

Conversion electron

4.19547e-02

2.062e-02

Conversion electron

4.78632e-02

1.124e-01

Conversion electron

4.94600e-02

3.141e-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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