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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Terbium-152m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Tb-152m
Atomic number (Z):  65
Mass number (A):  152
Neutron number (N):  87

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β+, Electron capture, Internal transition
Half-life:  4.2 [m]
Decay constant:  2.7506e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Tb-152 (78.8%), Gd-152 (21.2%)
Radioactive daughters:  Tb-152, Gd-152

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.15198 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  0.76193 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ102.868e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair2.915e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp2.435e-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-2.435e-14 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp1.221e-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/Tb-152m 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-152m 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-152m 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-152m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

1.38215e-05

1.344e+01

X-ray

1.94295e-05

2.074e+00

X-ray

1.16030e-03

2.296e-02

X-ray

6.04290e-03

1.454e-02

X-ray

6.22630e-03

1.072e-02

X-ray

6.26069e-03

9.479e-02

X-ray

6.98190e-03

7.901e-02

X-ray

7.35101e-03

1.600e-02

X-ray

8.10032e-03

1.380e-02

X-ray

4.23559e-02

5.160e-02

X-ray

4.30603e-02

9.278e-02

X-ray

4.37992e-02

2.372e-01

X-ray

4.45546e-02

4.251e-01

X-ray

4.80000e-02

1.175e-02

Gamma

4.87612e-02

1.824e-02

X-ray

5.03066e-02

4.348e-02

X-ray

5.04632e-02

8.410e-02

X-ray

5.17791e-02

1.849e-02

X-ray

5.89000e-02

7.218e-02

Gamma

1.59590e-01

1.652e-01

Gamma

2.35400e-01

4.235e-02

Gamma

2.77200e-01

8.471e-02

Gamma

2.83290e-01

5.965e-01

Gamma

3.44260e-01

2.009e-01

Gamma

3.51700e-01

1.823e-02

Gamma

3.85900e-01

3.288e-02

Gamma

4.11100e-01

1.817e-01

Gamma

4.71900e-01

1.184e-01

Gamma

5.11000e-01

2.439e-02

Annihilation photon

5.19400e-01

4.723e-02

Gamma

5.26800e-01

1.644e-02

Gamma

5.32600e-01

4.304e-02

Gamma

5.86200e-01

1.375e-02

Gamma

6.47400e-01

4.304e-02

Gamma

7.26000e-01

3.169e-02

Gamma

1.10620e+00

2.810e-02

Gamma

1.16690e+00

3.707e-02

Gamma

1.68638e-05

1.394e-01

Auger electron

1.73725e-05

7.975e-01

Auger electron

1.13380e-04

9.331e-01

Auger electron

1.21985e-04

6.138e+00

Auger electron

1.23645e-04

7.674e-02

Auger electron

1.34554e-04

3.813e-01

Auger electron

1.82328e-04

1.458e-01

Auger electron

1.99132e-04

9.709e-01

Auger electron

5.72363e-04

2.939e-02

Auger electron

6.03927e-04

1.755e-01

Auger electron

8.97955e-04

3.143e-01

Auger electron

9.61284e-04

2.091e+00

Auger electron

1.07582e-03

2.134e-02

Auger electron

1.13645e-03

1.188e-01

Auger electron

4.77225e-03

1.156e-01

Auger electron

4.96923e-03

7.489e-01

Auger electron

5.92833e-03

4.053e-02

Auger electron

6.17680e-03

2.619e-01

Auger electron

6.84001e-03

6.377e-01

Conversion electron

7.41840e-03

2.302e-02

Auger electron

3.58945e-02

3.530e-02

Auger electron

3.93269e-02

2.530e-02

Conversion electron

4.25487e-02

1.756e-02

Auger electron

5.02269e-02

8.525e-02

Conversion electron

5.73032e-02

2.052e-02

Conversion electron

1.07530e-01

1.852e-01

Conversion electron

1.50917e-01

1.985e-02

Conversion electron

1.51329e-01

2.031e-01

Conversion electron

1.52085e-01

1.504e-01

Conversion electron

1.57993e-01

9.193e-02

Conversion electron

1.59590e-01

2.421e-02

Conversion electron

2.31230e-01

3.334e-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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