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Radionuclide Dosimetric Data Sheets

Technetium-102m

Summary data

General

Classification

Isotope:  Tc-102m
Atomic number (Z):  43
Mass number (A):  102
Neutron number (N):  59

Radioactive decay

Decay modes:  β-, Internal transition
Half-life:  4.35 [m]
Decay constant:  2.6557e-03 [1/s]
Daughters:  Tc-102 (2.0%), Ru-102 (98.0%)
Radioactive daughters:  Tc-102

Dosimetric constants

Mean alpha energy:  0.0 [MeV]
Mean electron energy:  0.7902 [MeV]
Mean photon energy:  2.47442 [MeV]
Air kerma rate constant, Γ108.328e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Air kerma coefficient, Kair8.328e-17 [Gy·m2/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for weakly-penetrating radiations (α and/or electrons), Δwp1.266e-13 [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-1.266e-13 [Gy·kg/Bq·s]
Equilibrium dose constant for photons, Δp3.964e-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/Tc-102m 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/Tc-102m 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/Tc-102m 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/Tc-102m Summary Spectrum.csv

 

Energy [MeV]

Yield [#/nt] if > 0.01

Radiation type

7.87358e-06

1.582e-01

X-ray

8.90939e-06

6.998e-02

X-ray

4.18400e-01

4.604e-02

Gamma

4.75200e-01

8.526e-01

Gamma

4.97200e-01

5.968e-02

Gamma

6.28100e-01

2.617e-01

Gamma

6.30200e-01

1.577e-01

Gamma

6.91800e-01

2.302e-02

Gamma

6.95600e-01

2.558e-02

Gamma

6.96900e-01

6.224e-02

Gamma

1.04640e+00

1.262e-01

Gamma

1.07470e+00

1.279e-02

Gamma

1.10330e+00

1.236e-01

Gamma

1.11310e+00

2.251e-02

Gamma

1.12750e+00

1.168e-02

Gamma

1.19760e+00

7.503e-02

Gamma

1.29250e+00

4.263e-02

Gamma

1.33860e+00

4.092e-02

Gamma

1.59620e+00

2.771e-02

Gamma

1.61530e+00

1.543e-01

Gamma

1.71120e+00

2.814e-02

Gamma

1.81070e+00

5.798e-02

Gamma

1.90730e+00

1.637e-02

Gamma

1.94580e+00

1.535e-02

Gamma

1.96700e+00

1.449e-02

Gamma

2.13920e+00

1.782e-02

Gamma

2.22570e+00

5.712e-02

Gamma

2.24470e+00

1.185e-01

Gamma

2.43840e+00

4.604e-02

Gamma

5.82401e-01

2.798e-02

Beta

6.25357e-01

1.036e-01

Beta

6.70019e-01

7.568e-02

Beta

7.13027e-01

3.465e-01

Beta

7.21141e-01

9.061e-02

Beta

7.60605e-01

2.688e-02

Beta

8.39593e-01

6.373e-02

Beta

8.49107e-01

2.440e-02

Beta

9.42550e-01

8.464e-02

Beta

1.13865e+00

4.839e-02

Beta

1.23043e+00

7.070e-02

Beta

1.46527e+00

1.693e-02

Beta

2.93426e-05

6.939e-02

Auger electron

3.14582e-05

2.901e-02

Auger electron

1.08024e-04

1.464e-02

Auger electron

2.04214e-04

3.498e-02

Auger electron

2.31863e-04

1.608e-02

Auger electron

2.03463e-03

1.317e-02

Auger electron

1.73224e-02

1.131e-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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